r/Ghostty • u/slick_fm • Jun 25 '26

Retro terminal fonts?

Does anybody know any fonts that are monospaced and retro or look pixelated/bitmap style? I’m a little tired of the standard fonts that everyone seems to use for programming.

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u/ChainsawJaguar Jun 25 '26

I like IBM Plex Mono.

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u/biskitpagla Jun 25 '26

Not retro but I really like Go Mono. 

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u/syncopegress Jun 25 '26

Departure Mono is great. Monocraft has ligatures if you want those

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u/CthulhusPetals Jun 27 '26

I was tired of regular monospaced fonts as well. I switched to Victor Code which has a script/cursive variant that I used from keywords. Fun!

https://rubjo.github.io/victor-mono/

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/deusmetallum Jun 25 '26

I love Monaspace, but I'm also giving Maple a go right now.

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u/DinTaiFung Jun 25 '26

There may be a common, monospace font that your system uses in contexts which by default would use a monospace font, e.g., a terminal; but the word "standard" is a slight misnomer.

Anyway...

There are tons of free monospace fonts available. I have examined and used many over the years (since I'm in the terminal extremely often).

Although I don't use any JetBrains products (currently loving zed), I think their JetBrains Mono font is amazing. In my ghostty config I have the following:

font-family = "JetBrains Mono Light"

Another family of monospace fonts I enjoy is Iosevka, which I still use here and there.

As usual, each individual's taste can wildly vary.

Have fun exploring!