# Recursive: An Open-Source Monospaced Font for Programming

DevFeed: [Recursive: An Open-Source Monospaced Font for Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-new-programming-font-recursive-25317.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kau.sh/blog/recursive/>)

Author: Kaushik Gopal

Published: 2022-08-19T07:00:00Z

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>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>)

Tags: [download](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/download.md>), [fonts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fonts.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [programming-font](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-font.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes Recursive as a legible, high-quality monospaced programming font released by ArrowType in early 2020. The article highlights its open-source nature and shares the author's personal customizations and download options.

## Source excerpt

I'm always looking for legible, high-quality monospaced fonts for programming. I started with IBM Plex Mono, dabbled with a few others like Input Mono, even built a few from source like Iosevka, fell in and out of love with various others. In early 2020, the foundry ArrowType released Recursive which has now become my daily driver. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. Download the video instead. What really got me hooked with Recursive -- besides it being a gorgeous typeface -- was the fact that it was open source and you could build it from source yourself (like Iosevka). Here are the customizations I've made for myself: Download Recursive ## I could keep extolling the virtues of this font but if you're curious to just download and try it, here's a couple of ways: Go to the main website and hit the big blue "Get" button. If you prefer my variant and are on MacOS: brew install --cask kaushikgopal/tools/font-recursive-kg Or just download it here.