# My new programming font - IBM Plex Mono

DevFeed: [My new programming font - IBM Plex Mono](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-new-programming-font-ibm-plex-mono-25262.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kau.sh/blog/ibm-plex-mono/>)

Author: Kaushik Gopal

Published: 2018-03-02T07:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Kaushik Gopal's Site](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kaushik-gopal-s-site.md>)

Topics: [Font](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/font.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [download](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/download.md>), [fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fonts.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ibm.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [programming-font](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-font.md>)

## AI overview

The author recommends IBM Plex Mono as a programming font for IDEs, based on personal experimentation and a preference for monospaced typefaces. They also suggest paying attention to font size and line spacing and note that IBM Plex Mono is free to download.

## Source excerpt

I'm obsessed with typefaces and fonts .1 My programming productivity is irrationally dependent on the font I pick for my IDE. I have spent unhealthy amounts of time experimenting and trying different fonts for programming. I usually prefer a monospaced font and I've bounced between Inconsolata and Consolas in the past - both truly beautiful typefaces. Recently though, a design director at Instacart shared this link on the laws of UX (a fantastic read btw). But -- hot damn -- I was smitten after looking at that website. The font used there was GORGEOUS! I knew it was monospaced just from looking at it. I didn't get past the first law, without first finding out which font was being used. [Image: lawsofux.com] Thus I stumbled upon my new programming font - IBM Plex Mono. I don't make a font change in my IDE that casually, without first putting it through the paces. I give it a glowing recommendation for your IDE. There's an interesting back story behind the making of the font on Medium too. Btw, just changing the font is not enough - you have to pick the right size and line spacing (I've found a size of 15 and line-spacing of 1.15 works best for me). Download IBM Plex Mono absolutely for free. Did you know - fonts and typefaces aren't necessarily interchangeable. You use "typeface" when you'd use "song" (e.g. "I love that song/typeface ..."), and "font" when you'd use "track" ("... so I'm going to buy the track/font for it"). ↩︎