Hack | A typeface designed for source code
A TYPEFACE DESIGNED FOR SOURCE CODE
Designed for the screen.
Open source.
Libre.
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HACK-ABLE
Widely supported UFO format source code.
Hack away with any modern font editing tool & customize it to your needs.
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A Family of Four Faces
Hack includes monospaced regular,
bold
italic
, and
bold italic
sets to cover all of your syntax highlighting needs.
Multilingual
Over 1500 glyphs that include lovingly tuned extended Latin, modern Greek, and Cyrillic character sets.
Powerline Support
Powerline glyphs are included in the regular set. Patching is not necessary. Install and go.
A Workhorse for Code
No frills. No gimmicks.
Hack is hand groomed and optically balanced to be your go-to code face.
1573
Glyphs
129
Contributors
Features
Metrics & Style
Type design features to improve legibility in the harsh conditions of the screen.
Minimal stroke contrast
Large x-height
Open counters
Wide apertures
Sturdy terminals
Type Traits
Functional
with a bit of personality
Oval fill in the zero counter
Curved tails on select glyphs
Rounded square alphabetic points
Round analphabetic points
Semi-bold punctuation weight
Angled vertical tails & extenders
Widely set punctuation
Free and Open Source
A libre typeface with
generous licensing
that permits modification & commercial use
Free to modify
Free for print, desktop, & web
Free for commercial use
Free to redistribute
Free of cost
A typeface in the Bitstream Vera lineage
Hack has deep roots in the libre, open source typeface community and includes the contributions of the Bitstream Vera & DejaVu projects.
The face has been re-designed with an expanded glyph set, modifications of the original glyph shapes, and meticulous attention to metrics.
The Cast of Characters
Letters, punctuation, and symbols are well-balanced and easily distinguished.
The regular weight is comfortable to read at the small text sizes used for source code development.
Click either image above for a full type specimen.
Source Examples
C Source
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Specimen
JavaScript Source
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Specimen
Python Source
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Specimen
Distinct Glyph Shapes
A Handful of Serifs
Strategically placed serifs improve the rhythm of the monospaced text by eliminating large gaps on each side of narrow characters and help to distinguish glyphs like the lowercase l and number 1 at small text sizes.
Weight and Spacing
The punctuation characters were designed with a heavier semi-bold weight in the regular font and are set with wide sidebearings on the side adjacent to alphabetic characters. These design strategies emphasize these important analphabetic characters and make them more apparent (or less transparent) in your code.
Grab the carousel images and drag to the left or right to view other characters that commonly have legibility issues.
For a quick installation, choose the option for your operating system below. This will download either an archive with TrueType (.ttf) fonts, or take you to the download site for a convenient setup application that will help install Hack on Windows systems.
macOS and Linux
(.zip)
Windows
(.exe)
Try Hack in your browser
Our interactive Font Playground allows you to try Hack (without installing it) directly from your browser via a simple code editor. It also allows you to compare Hack with various other typefaces that are commonly used for source code.
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Web Font CDN
Embed Hack in your website or web application by including one of the following code snippets into the
ASCII, Latin-1, Latin Extended A Subset
Full Character Set
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A typeface designed for source code.
About Hack
License
Changelog
Contributors
Install Guide
Type Specimen
Development
Source Repository
Issue Reporting
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Windows Installer (.exe)
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