Hack is designed to be a workhorse typeface for source code.
It has deep roots in the free, open source typeface community and expands upon the contributions of the Bitstream Vera and DejaVu projects. The large x-height + wide aperture + low contrast design make it legible at commonly used source code text sizes with a sweet spot that runs in the 8 – 14 range.
The face has been re-designed with an expanded glyph set, modifications of the original glyph shapes, and meticulous attention to metrics.
Key Features
- Typeface Name: Hack.
- Category: Monospaced.
- Character set support: ASCII, Latin-1, Latin Extended A, Greek, Cyrillic.
- Powerline Support: Yes, included by default.
- Included Styles: Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic.
Website: sourcefoundry.org/hack
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Source Foundry Authors
License: MIT License
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| Fonts | |
|---|---|
| Hack | Typeface designed for source code |
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| Liberation Fonts | Popular font family |
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| Roboto | Neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface family |
| Droid Fonts | General-purpose fonts released by Google as part of Android |
| 0xProto | Programming font focused on source code legibility |
| Geist | Typeface specifically designed for developers and designers. |
| Iosevka | Sans-serif + slab-serif, monospace + quasi‑proportional typeface family |
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