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Berkeley Mono™
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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 and yet stern, disciplined yet easy, regimented yet flexible. It is old school, understated and unfashionable. May be 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 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 engineer 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.
Ligatures Explorer →
Zero BS Licensing
Developer License
Developer license is deal for individuals or professionals who'd like to buy our products for personal use. This includes for e.g. installing fonts on your company devices. Commercial use is not covered.
Commercial License
Commercial licenses are offered in 4 categories based on organization size: Indie, Startup, Standard Business and Enterprise Business.
We've structured our licensing to be lenient, easy to understand and straightforward. All commercial licenses have no limits on page-views, devices, css tracking, logo and artwork restrictions, etc.
| SKU | License Tier | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| LT-01 | Trial | — |
| LT-02 | Developer | — |
| LT-03 | Indie | Self |
| LT-04 | Startup | 2-7 |
| LT-05 | Standard Business | 8-50 |
| LT-06 | Enterprise Business | 50+ |
| Unlimited Everything | |
|---|---|
| Page Views | No limit |
| Domains | No limit |
| Devices | No limit |
| Tracking | None, we never will |
| Special | No limits on media use, advertisement, logos, etc |
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 tailing 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 tigher 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.
If I couldn't use Berkeley Mono, I'd just quit programming and find another career.
Mikael Brockman
"It's boring, it's good."
Jeff Atwood
Co-founder, Stack Overflow.
Bought the Berkeley Mono typeface after a few days of trial. More than being beautiful, it's highly readable under various font sizes and line heights. Highly recommended.
Junyu Zhan
That would be the lovely Berkeley Mono :)
Brendan Dolan-Gavitt
Associate Professor, NYU.
Really love this font. Highly recommended if you spend a lot of time in terminal/code. Yes, worth the $75.
Tobi Lutke
CEO, Shopify.
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