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Berkeley Mono™ is a love letter to the golden era of computing. The era that gave rise to a generation of people who celebrated automation and reveled in the joy of computing, when transistors replaced cogs, and machine-readable typefaces were developed, for when humans and machines truly interfaced on an unprecedented scale.
It wears a UNIX T-shirt and aspires to be etched on control panels in black synthetic lacquer. It is Adrian Frutiger visits Bell Labs. It is Gene Kranz's command. It operates with calibrated precision and has a datasheet.
Berkeley Mono is a typeface for professionals.
Engineered for Code
By software engineers, for software engineers.
Berkeley Mono is thoroughly tested and has written production code during its entire development cycle. 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.
Unlike any other
Berkeley Mono coalesces the objectivity of machine-readable typefaces of the 70's while simultaneously retaining the humanist sans-serif qualities. Inspired by the legendary typefaces of the past, Berkeley Mono offers exceptional straightforwardness and clarity in its form. Its purpose is to make the user productive and get out of the way.
There is nothing like it.
Box Drawing Characters
Tribute to the Golden Era
Some say Berkeley Mono evokes a warm and fuzzy feeling of interacting with vintage technologies. The glow of cathode ray tubes, the wonderful tactility of a well-made rotary encoder, and the calm of static user interfaces. Perhaps. But Berkeley Mono is functional first. It doubles down on reliability of existing forms and refines it. It is comforting yet stern, disciplined yet easy, regimented yet flexible. It is old school, understated and unfashionable. Maybe it is timeless.
International - Wide Language Support
Exceptional legibility
Berkeley Mono truly shines in use cases where legibility is important. Want to write a user manual or a movie script? It is fantastic for that. Berkeley Mono's design has a careful balance between letter-spacing and monospaced fitting. It makes reading long form prose effortless.
It will perform just as well for designing Submarine EXIT signs as for a precision Japanese restaurant menu. Genetic sequencies look great. Nuclear power plant control panels? Not a problem.
Berkeley Mono v2 is available in 5 widths, 12 weights and 2 slants. Variable fonts are also available taking advantage of all 3 axes: width(wdth), weight(wght) and slant(slnt).
Subfamilies, Styles and Cuts
Ligatures, we have them!
We offer 150+ ligatures for people that like them. Berkeley Mono ligatures caters to a wide audience, from mathematicians to compiler experts, frontend engineers to FPGA programmers. And for the purists out there, we also offer a version without ligatures for those who prefer utmost explicitness in their code.
Customization and Font Compilers
All Berkeley Mono packages ship with several stylistic sets that allows for customization in applications that support OpenType® features (such as Adobe® products). However, most code editors and IDEs do not yet have the ability to select stylistic sets. To solve this problem, we provide ways to "bake" a font with specific customizations for a wide support across applications without having to worry about OpenType® features.
After placing an order, you'll be able to customize fonts to your liking by using our compilers. The standard font compiler included with every purchase allows for basic configuration of stylistic sets, font formats, and font family. Most people will not need anything else.
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| Feature | Standard | Supertype™ |
| Select Font Format | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Font Family | Yes | Yes |
| Glyph Alternatives | Partial | All |
| Retina Weight | — | Yes |
| Book Weight | — | Yes |
| Glyph Spacing | — | Yes |
| Custom widths | — | Yes |
| Custom weights | — | Yes |
| Custom slants | — | Yes |
| Ligatures Subsetting | — | Coming soon |
| Custom Font Name | — | Yes |
| Custom Line Height | — | Investigating |
| Variable Designspace | — | Investigating |
| Arbitrary glyph swaps | — | Coming soon |
| SemiOblique Slant | — | Coming soon |
New Supertype™ Compiler
Supertype™ compiler is an add-on module for complete customization of our fonts. With custom styles, you can
create unique font families (using custom names) to use side-by-side depending on the use case. Custom
tracking/spacing is useful for tailoring fonts for code or text use. Typically, tracking is larger for coding
fonts vs. text. If Berkeley Mono is used for text settings, please try adjusting tracking to be a
slightly tighter than the default. We are researching possibilities for line height adjustments and variable
font metrics (custom design coordinates and maps). A new SemiOblique style is coming soon!
Testimonials
Since I started using Berkeley Mono, the number of people asking “what font is that” has gone up dramatically. Just a gorgeous monospace typeface.
Andreas Kling
Founder, Serenity OS.
Berkeley Mono is a seriously good typeface. It’s handled everything we’ve thrown it at (from UI components to branded conference booths), and it’s also the most fun we’ve had with a font. \m/
Dan Newman
Head of Design at Axiom.
Berkeley Mono is amazing! It is all over the Perplexity product and brand! Brings me so much joy to see it shine through at Perplexity.
Phi Hoang
Brand Experience at Perplexity AI.
Cartesia needed a typeface that could represent its team—something that could strike a balance between industrial research, fundamental engineering, and useful products. Berkeley Mono encapsulates these perfectly, making it a great fit for our needs.
Kabir Goel
Founding Engineer at Cartesia AI.
Purchase
Personal Use
Developer license is ideal for individuals or professionals who'd like to use our products for personal use. This includes e.g. installing fonts on your company devices. Commercial use is not covered.
| License | Company Size | Link |
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| Trial | Trial Use | Trial → |
| Developer | Personal Use | Purchase → |
Commercial Use
Our commercial licenses are straightforward and lenient. Select an appropriate license based on the company size:
| License | Company Size | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Indie | Sole Proprietor | Purchase → |
| Startup | 2-7 Employees | Purchase → |
| Medium | 8-50 Employees | Purchase → |
| Enterprise | 50+ Employees | Purchase → |
Commercial licenses are not compatible with open-source apps. Commercial use restricted to UI elements only. If you're building an IDE, Terminal app, Text Editor, etc., we generally do not allow it, please contact us at [email protected] for your specific use case.