Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

Name: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives
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Author: bebraw

by bebraw·Jun 22, 2026·35 points·5 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidSlick

Polished commercial font in a crowded space alongside Fira Code and JetBrains Mono.

Strengths

•Wider glyph design genuinely improves readability for code and terminal use.
•Strong testimonials from notable developers at Microsoft, Gatsby, and CodeSandbox.

Weaknesses

•Paid font competing against excellent free alternatives like Fira Code and JetBrains Mono.
•v3 release of established product — not a new idea, just iteration.

Post Description

Originally we (Andrey, Marcus, Juho) built MonoLisa in 2020 as we realised there's room for a better monospaced typeface for developers. The key insight was to make the glyphs slightly wider to make more room for design to make letters like m feel less cramped.

Since then we've released a variable v2 (2022) and now we're happy to expand the typeface with a new family called MonoLisa Text. The reasoning was to cover *other* use cases beyond coding with this proportional font.

We hope you give Monolisa a go as there's a free trial to try. We also welcome feedback!