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Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by bayindirh on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:04AM (#50088769)
I drove a version of this for a fairly long time, remembering downloading it from GitHub page, not from the customizer. It's not a bad font by any means. I enjoyed Iosevka a lot while I used it.

But, after using Berkeley Mono for three minutes, I switched to it everywhere in a week or so, and never looked back, or looked anywhere else, to be precise.

Yes, it's not free, and yes it's opinionated. I can say that my opinions align with that font pretty much. It's one of the things which I cherish like an expensive hand tool which really does its job very well and makes you happy with its presence.

[0]: https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono

Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by psolidgold on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:04PM (#50089841)
Here's an Iosevka config that mimics Berkeley Mono for those who don't want to or can't pay money for it. https://ahatem.github.io/IoskeleyMono/
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by bayindirh on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:08PM (#50089919)
Wow. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, indeed.
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by BaudouinVH on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:43PM (#50090644)
Wow. So Gorgeous ! Thanks for sharing this
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by copperx on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:03PM (#50106697)
This is even better than Berkeley Mono!
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by winkelmann on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:24PM (#50107023)
I've had the Berkeley Mono trial on my system for a while now and tried it every so often when I changed up my terminal/editor themes, but it never quite clicked with me. I tried Ioskeley and I personally prefer the way it looks on my code. There are enough differences that I'd call it a bad clone if that were the intention, but a good font if you generally like how Berkeley Mono looks but want something different.

(Note: I have paid for fonts before and wouldn't hesitate to buy a coding font if it fit my preferences)

Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by avadodin on Friday October 16, 2026 @04:50AM (#50115860)
It's the first time I see any of these fonts and I'm more of a bitmap font type but one difference is the parentheses are much more readable in the Ioskeley clone than in the rounded-corner–brackets Berkeley.
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by astrolx on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:19AM (#50088996)
Funny enough I paid for Berkeley Mono but its italic is just not up to it (and particularly not to the price). Iosevka Mono has very nice glyphs but just way too narrow for my taste. JetBrains Mono, IBM Plex Mono (or Lilex) or Roboto Mono just seem to work much better for my tired eyes !
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by bayindirh on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:25AM (#50089099)
Fair enough. With super-compiler add-on, I believe you can adjust the angle of the italics.

I faintly remember about the though process of italics, but I don't remember it now. They don't look uncomfortable to me, anyway.

Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by lemontheme on Thursday October 15, 2026 @02:40AM (#50100068)
Iosevka variant SS14 is a JetBrains Mono-like. Currently my favorite!
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by astrolx on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:29PM (#50122394)
Ok fair point. I usually try a few stylistic alternative. First time i hear a font go to SS14. I will have a look, thanks
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by cdaringe on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:16AM (#50088950)
wow i love it! 225 bucks for a font though is bonkers
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by psolidgold on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:01PM (#50089782)
If you like Berkeley Mono but don't want to pay, here's an Iosevka configuration that attempts to mimic it as closely as possible. https://ahatem.github.io/IoskeleyMono/
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by copperx on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:04PM (#50106721)
It's better than mimicry, Ioskeley is superior to Berkeley Mono.
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by bayindirh on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:23AM (#50089043)
I first bought it for $75, then the updates came. I also got them when they came out, but I don't remember the price.

You can start with $75 package and work your way up if you feel like you need them.

Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by riedel on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @01:48PM (#50091845)
What am I missing: here it lists as SIL OFL [0]

[0] https://www.programmingfonts.org/#iosevka

Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by seanw444 on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @02:19PM (#50092381)
They're referring to Berkeley, not Iosevka.
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by riedel on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @02:30PM (#50092620)
Thanks! Should have read more carefully. To make things more confusing there seems to be IoskeleyMono as free alternative btw [0]

[0] https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono

Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by ErroneousBosh on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @03:59PM (#50094180)
Looks like the daisywheel typeface that one of the old ACT Sirius Ones at my dad's old work used to use.
Re:Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif, mon... by bayindirh on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @04:49PM (#50095011)
It's designed to look like a font from that era, to be honest. It also reminds me some of the older computers I used. Some typewriter, maybe a real VT320 or the older DOS systems I used.

It's a modern yet period correct version of these older fonts, with proper character set support and love for details. It's so perfect for me, it becomes invisible, or as the Berkeley's page says: "It's boring. It's good"*.

Or as I mailed the creator after using it a couple of weeks: "It's so perfect that it transported all my computers to 70s, in a good way".

*: When I was writing this comment, I wondered whether I really set my browser's monospace font to Berkeley. It becomes that transparent after a while.