Do you ever feel like your font treats symbols as second-class glyphs? Are you frustrated that -> looks nothing like an arrow, and $ , @ , % seem ever mismatched?
Want to experience the beauty of ligatures without losing the simplicity of ASCII?
Myna (Gracula religiosa 🐦⬛) is a monospace font which aims to bring harmony to your editor by treating symbols as first-class glyphs alongside alphanumeric characters.
Why Myna?
Myna was borne out of a need to scratch a persistent typographical itch. While I've tried many otherwise well-crafted monospace fonts, I always found myself wanting to tweak a glyph here or adjust a shape there. After developing Myna and using it almost exclusively in my professional and personal work, I'm sharing it as a small contribution to the wonderful community of monospace typography enthusiasts.
Here are a few of its attractive features that might make it your next favourite monospace font:
Symbol-First Design : clear emphasis on ASCII symbols which are ubiquitous in programming languages
: clear emphasis on ASCII symbols which are ubiquitous in programming languages Near-Perfect Alignment : multi-character symbols like -> , >>= , =~ , :: align seamlessly
: multi-character symbols like , , , align seamlessly Balanced Weight : symbols have just the right visual weight against your code
: symbols have just the right visual weight against your code Minimalist Forms : geometric shapes for quotes and commas
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