README

JetBrains Mono: a typeface made for developers
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JetBrains Mono is available as a standalone download, and is also bundled in all JetBrains IDEs. Discover more font features & design on its web page. 

Default version of JetBrains Mono comes with OpenType features and ligatures (which can always be toggled on & off in the settings). If your IDE doesn’t support OpenType, use a special version of the font — JetBrains Mono NL, which doesn’t include any ligatures.

 Installation

 JetBrains IDEs

The most recent version of JetBrains Mono ships with your JetBrains IDE starting with v2019.3.

Select JetBrains Mono in the IDE settings: go to Preferences/Settings → Editor → Font, and then select JetBrains Mono from the Font dropdown.

 Brew (macOS only)

Install it using the font-jetbrains-mono cask:

console
brew install --cask font-jetbrains-mono


 Manual installation

_On Mac/Windows_: 

1. Download font. 
2. Unzip the archive and install the font:
   - _Mac_. Select all font files in the folder and double-click them. Click the Install Font button.
   - _Windows_. Select all font files in the folder, right-click any of them, then pick Install from the menu.

 Note If you have previously installed JetBrains Mono, please uninstall all previous versions to exclude conflicts and errors in rendering.

_On Linux_: 

Open a terminal and run the following:

bash
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono/master/install_manual.sh)"


Once JetBrains Mono is installed in your OS, you are ready to configure the editor.  


 Visual Studio Code 

1. From the File menu (Code on Mac) go to Preferences → Settings, or use keyboard shortcut Ctrl+, (Cmd+, on Mac).
2. In the Editor: Font Family input box type JetBrains Mono, replacing any content.
3. To enable ligatures, go to Editor: Font Ligatures, click Edit in settings.json, and copy this line "editor.fontLigatures": true into json file.

 More ways to install
- Chocolatey
- ChromeOS terminal

 Font Styles
There are 8 font styles available in JetBrains Mono, from Thin to ExtraBold, each coming with its own _italic_ version.

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 Font Features

 Increased x-height
While characters remain standard in width, the height of the lowercase is maximized. This approach keeps code lines to the length that developers expect, and it helps improve rendering in small size, since each symbol occupies more pixels.

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 Distinctiveness of symbols

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 Ligatures for Code
A ligature is a character consisting of two or more joined symbols. Traditionally, it was introduced as a space-saving technique in printed texts. In code, this technique is adopted to show operators and is used mainly for two purposes:
1. To reduce noise by merging symbols and removing details so the eyes are processing less:

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2. To balance whitespace more efficiently by shifting the glyphs in certain cases:

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 Note if your IDE doesn’t support OpenType features and ligatur