$149 for a font for personal computer use is kind of steep! I would pay $20 for this, but the value has to be pretty high to pay $149 when there's a huge selection of free fonts on nerdfonts.com, of which many are pretty great. Like what does this font really offer that makes it so pricey?
I bought Operator Mono circa 2020 for even more — still rocking it today. Seems like a no big deal for a thing you keep looking at for many hours every day.
kiliman/operator-mono-lig on github patches it to support ligatures. And I wish Hoefler guys added support for more languages
If you’re going to stare at it year in and year out, getting the best fit for yourself is worthwhile. I shelled out for PragmataPro ages ago and have no regrets there.
I used Hack, Iosevka, Adobe's Source Code Pro and more for a very long time and was very happy about all.
I also use Inter heavily in my Obsidian setup, and I'm very happy about it, too.
However, sometimes one item speaks to you more than the others. It's not about free vs. paid. It's more about finding something more useful than others, and the difference justifies the price tag on it.
In that sense, Monolisa is not my cup of tea design-wise, but I have friends who absolutely love it, and I understand them.
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$149 for a font for personal computer use is kind of steep! I would pay $20 for this, but the value has to be pretty high to pay $149 when there's a huge selection of free fonts on nerdfonts.com, of which many are pretty great. Like what does this font really offer that makes it so pricey?
I bought Operator Mono circa 2020 for even more — still rocking it today. Seems like a no big deal for a thing you keep looking at for many hours every day.
kiliman/operator-mono-lig on github patches it to support ligatures. And I wish Hoefler guys added support for more languages
Video and some code screenshots: https://typography.com/blog/introducing-operator
Character set: https://typography.com/fonts/operator/overview
I get a redirect loop on both of your links.
Something on your side
If you’re going to stare at it year in and year out, getting the best fit for yourself is worthwhile. I shelled out for PragmataPro ages ago and have no regrets there.
I have bought Berkeley Mono back in the day, and I use it everywhere, everyday. One of the best purchases I did ever.
Free fonts are nice, but some paid options are polished to a different level.
See: https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono
There's plenty of "free" very well made fonts, though Intel didn't get Intel One Mono for free, nor did Google get Noto for free.
I used Hack, Iosevka, Adobe's Source Code Pro and more for a very long time and was very happy about all.
I also use Inter heavily in my Obsidian setup, and I'm very happy about it, too.
However, sometimes one item speaks to you more than the others. It's not about free vs. paid. It's more about finding something more useful than others, and the difference justifies the price tag on it.
In that sense, Monolisa is not my cup of tea design-wise, but I have friends who absolutely love it, and I understand them.
I bought the first version for far less. I couldn’t believe how much they wanted this time around.