# belluzj/fantasque-sans

A font family with a great monospaced variant for programmers.

Repository: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fantasque-sans
Homepage: http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/fantasque-sans-mono
Language: Python
License: OFL-1.1
License Family: other
Topics: font, monospace-font
Last push: 2026-03-15T16:37:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 72, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4671, "days_push": 171, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7436, forks 167 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:59.897242+00:00)

## What it is
Fantasque Sans Mono is an open-source font family (SIL OFL) designed for programming, featuring a monospaced variant with a playful, handwriting-like character. It includes regular, bold, and italic weights with broad Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic glyph coverage, plus stylistic variants like NoLoopK and LargeLineHeight.

## Use cases
- make my code editor look nicer with a fun monospace font
- find a free alternative to Consolas or Monaco for programming
- install a monospaced font with good italic glyphs for vim
- get a coding font with Cyrillic and Greek character support
- download a programming font with a straight k variant
- choose a readable terminal font with personality

## When to choose
- you want a free, OFL-licensed monospace font for coding, terminals, or editors
- you need broad script coverage (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic) in a programming font
- you prefer fonts with distinctive, handwriting-inspired character over strict neutrality

## When to avoid
- you need a strictly neutral, corporate-style typeface for design work
- you require extensive non-Latin script coverage beyond Greek and Cyrillic
- you need a proportional sans-serif for UI or print body text

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: font, monospace-font, programming-font, open-font-license, typography

## Member repositories
- belluzj/fantasque-sans (main) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.897242+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:37:42.459046+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.897242+00:00, sha e0ebae1cacad)
  - homepage: http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/fantasque-sans-mono (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:16.825474+00:00, sha a21f2eb74699)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.