Shantell Sans (2023) • Hacker News Board

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by mplanchard » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC

jhack wrote: post #8

Is it weird that I want a mono version if this? Looks really great, really well designed.

I was also really hoping for a mino version. I have used comic-sans-inspired monospaced fonts for some time for coding, because I think they are extremely readable. This font is so beautiful, I’d really love to see it in my terminal

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 31, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC

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Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by aetherspawn » Sun, May 31, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC

Do you think a corporate brand would get away with using this font site-wide?

In an increasingly sterile and AI world, is a human centric approach a good thing albeit possibly unprofessional by current standards?

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by mbostock » Sun, May 31, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC

tldraw uses this font. It’s a great fit for emulating hand-written notes on a whiteboard; feels human.

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by Fnoord » Sun, May 31, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC

aetherspawn wrote: post #13

Do you think a corporate brand would get away with using this font site-wide? In an increasingly sterile and AI world, is a human centric approach a good thing albeit possibly unprofessional by current standards?

A website could offer accessibility features, such as dark mode or dyslexia font. These could be subtle, or very obvious, depending on your target group. Large amounts of texts (e.g. a testimonial) could be a valid example. If you go for site-wide, you got consistency. If you'd apply it on h1-3 you'd put emphasis on the titles.

It'd be great if say Mozilla Firefox included this font natively (for the app itself). Then again, the default is currently Times New Roman...

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by dostick » Sun, May 31, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC

0x69420 wrote: post #5

the formality slider (play with it at the google fonts page linked in the article[0]) is genuinely one of the coolest uses of a variable font axis i've seen in recent memory. it feels like we're witnessing the slow and steady vindication of metafont. [0] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Shantell+Sans

That’s the coolest thing!And “bounce” slider. What a time to be alive… I wonder if there are more fonts like that with special adjustments. Still waiting for technology to allow handwritten font with true randomness.

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by replwoacause » Sun, May 31, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC

jhack wrote: post #8

Is it weird that I want a mono version if this? Looks really great, really well designed.

I use and love this. Not quite the same, and not free, but I think it's beautifully made.

https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by replwoacause » Sun, May 31, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC

A beautiful font, and a beautiful gift from the creators. Very nice!

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by Hasnep » Sun, May 31, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC

jhack wrote: post #8

Is it weird that I want a mono version if this? Looks really great, really well designed.

I recently came across Annotation Mono which has less of the informality of Shantell Sans, but still has a handwritten feel.

https://qwerasd205.github.io/AnnotationMono/

Re: Shantell Sans (2023)

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Post by zimpenfish » Sun, May 31, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC

jhack wrote: post #8

Is it weird that I want a mono version if this? Looks really great, really well designed.

I'm a (currently, at least) big fan of Recursive Mono Casual[0] which I believe I downloaded from Google Fonts[1].

[0] https://www.recursive.design

[1] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Recursive?preview.script=L...