Beautiful, accessible, functional, affordable typography

Beautiful, accessible, functional, affordable typography

Typography isn’t just about picking a pretty font—it’s about making everyday reading effortless. The right typeface improves clarity, reduces eye strain, and subtly enhances how we absorb information. In a world where we spend hours staring at screens, bad font choices add unnecessary friction. I hope this article helps you choose better fonts for daily use, so your text works with you, not against you.

What's a Nerd Font?

For several of the fonts, I link to the Nerd Font version. It's a patched version of a font with additional icons (glyphs) and ligatures, designed to improve the fonts readability and clarity in code.

JetBrains Mono

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?-=[];',./`~

The ultimate mono-spaced font designed for coding and terminals.

Inclusive Sans

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?-=[];',./`~

Inclusive Sans is a font designed for accessibility and readability.

Atkinson Hyperlegible

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?-=[];',./`~

Atkinson Hyperlegible was carefully developed by the Braille Institute to help low-vision readers. It improves legibility and readability through clear, and distinctive letters and numbers.

Bryan

Server Mono

Inter

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:"<>?-=[];',./`~

Inter is one of the world's most used typefaces with applications ranging from computer interfaces, advertising & airports, to NASA instrumentation & medical equipment.

Berkeley Mono Typeface

Engineered for reading and writing code, Berkeley Mono has excellent legibility, distinct but not distracting glyphs and a comfortable line-height. It is fitted with care to make sure it can perform as well as proportional typefaces whilst being 100% monospaced.

It's boring. It's good.

National Park Typeface

A truly beautiful and versatile typeface.