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Dev tools · January 18, 2026

Xenia – A monospaced font built with a custom Python engine

I'm an engineer who spent the last year fixing everything I hated about monofonts (especially that double-story 'a'). I built a custom Python-based procedural engine to generate the weights because I wanted more logical control over the geometry. It currently has 700+ glyphs and deep math support. Regular weight is free for the community. I'm releasing more weights based on interest.

Xenia – A monospaced font built with a custom Python engine launched on January 18, 2026 with 74 votes, #458 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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Xenia is a monospaced font designed for developers and engineers. Built using a custom Python procedural engine, it addresses common frustrations with existing monospace typefaces, particularly the double-story 'a'. The font includes over 700 glyphs with comprehensive mathematical symbol support. The regular weight is available free for community use, with additional weights planned based on user interest.

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Contribute to Loretta1982/xenia development by creating an account on GitHub.

I made this because monofont should not have to be fugly. I use it everyday and I always forget its monospacefrom github.com

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