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【Font】【Mac】Monospaced font 【SF Mono】 for Mac standard font San Francisco is now available. How to install

In a nutshell

  1. Apple has released "SF Mono," a monospaced version of the standard Mac font San Francisco, which can be used for programming.
  2. The appeal of SF Mono is its overwhelming readability. The numbers are especially easy to read (I personally like 9 and 0).
  3. To install on a Mac, simply follow the instructions in the downloaded dmg file. Select SF Mono from your editor's font settings.


Apple releases "SF Mono," a monospaced version of the standard Mac font San Francisco


Apple releases "SF Mono," the monospaced font for San Francisco that has been used in Xcode and Terminal. The vector symbol "SF Symbols" is now in Beta 2.

I read an article like this. This is good news for gonjitti, who uses VSCode and Rubymine. Until now, the standard Apple monospaced font SF Mono could only be seen in Xcode and Terminal, so I'm grateful to be able to unify the fonts, and I installed it right away.

https://developer.apple.com/fonts/ image



The appeal of SF Mono


The appeal of SF Mono lies in the overwhelming readability and beauty created by the font's kerning. I personally find the way the ovals are drawn to be particularly beautiful, and I'm captivated by the 9 and 0. (It's also good that the zero has a slash through it so that it can be distinguished from the capital letter O).

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To install, simply follow the instructions in the downloaded dmg file. Select SF Mono from your editor's font settings.


The font installation method is simple: just open the downloaded dmg file and select SF Mono from the font settings of your individual editor. Now I've unified the fonts to SF Mono. With a new look, my work is progressing. image

  • VS Code settings example (from the settings icon in the lower left of the screen, see Settings -> Text Editor -> Font) image

  • Rubymine settings example (Rubymine -> Preferences -> Editor -> Font) image



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