Monatendard

A Korean coding font that pairs Monaspace Neon with Pretendard.

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Monatendard keeps the distinctive punctuation, ligatures, and character of Monaspace Neon while adding the clear Korean texture of Pretendard. It is tuned for mixed Korean and Latin code: every Hangul character occupies exactly two Latin cells, with spacing that stays readable without feeling unnecessarily wide.

Compared with the Monaspace Neon Frozen source

An outline is the visible shape of a glyph. The cell width is the fixed space reserved before the next character begins.

Item	Monaspace Neon Frozen source	Monatendard
Coordinate system	2000 units	2000 units
Latin cell width	1240, 0.620em	1240, 0.620em (unchanged)
Standard Latin outline width	100%	100% (original outlines and hinting)
Latin vertical scale	100%	100%
Hangul/CJK outline scale	Not included	Up to 115%, uniform (original proportions)
Hangul cell width	Not included	2480, exactly two Latin character widths

Highlights

• Built from pinned Monaspace Neon 1.400 and Pretendard 1.3.9 sources
• Exact 1:2 Latin-to-Hangul cell alignment
• Balanced Korean spacing for comfortable reading in code and comments
• 14 styles across seven weights, with matching italics
• Optional Monatendard Nerd Font Mono family for terminal icons
• Reproducible builds from pinned, checksum-verified upstream sources

Download and install

Download the latest package from the official website.

For Windows:

1. Choose Desktop for editors and general use, or Desktop Nerd for terminals with icon-powered prompts.
2. Extract the ZIP file.
3. Run Install-Monatendard.ps1 in PowerShell.
4. Restart the application and select Monatendard or Monatendard Nerd Font Mono.

The installer works per user and does not require administrator privileges. Matching uninstall scripts are included in each package.

Windows (Scoop)

Requires Windows 10 1809 or later, Scoop, and Git. Run PowerShell as your normal user, not as administrator. Register this bucket once:

scoop bucket add monatendard https://github.com/younjungpark/Monatendard.git

Then install either or both families:

scoop install monatendard/monatendard
scoop install monatendard/monatendard-nerd

After setup, each install, update, or removal is one command. Close applications using the fonts before updating or uninstalling; restart them after installation.

scoop update
scoop update monatendard monatendard-nerd
scoop uninstall monatendard monatendard-nerd

Specify only the packages you installed. Global (-g) installation is not supported. If you already installed a family from a ZIP, remove it with its bundled uninstall script before switching to Scoop. Existing manual font files are not overwritten. See Windows packaging notes for verification and recovery.

macOS (Homebrew)

Install either or both font families with Homebrew:

brew tap younjungpark/monatendard https://github.com/younjungpark/Monatendard.git
# Standard family
brew install --cask younjungpark/monatendard/font-monatendard
# Nerd family with terminal icons
brew install --cask younjungpark/monatendard/font-monatendard-nerd-font

Restart your editor or terminal, then select Monatendard or Monatendard Nerd Font Mono in its font settings. Each package includes 14 TTF styles: seven weights with matching italics.

To upgrade, run the following commands. If you installed only one family, include only its package name.

brew update
brew upgrade --cask font-monatendard font-monatendard-nerd-font

To remove the fonts:

brew uninstall --cask font-monatendard font-monatendard-nerd-font

VS Code

Open Settings (JSON) and add:

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "Monatendard, Consolas, monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": true
}

Restart VS Code after installing the font.

TTF files can also be installed manually on macOS and Linux.

Build from source

Building requires Python 3.11 or later and uv.

uv sync --all-groups
uv run monatendard fetch
uv run monatendard build --all
uv run monatendard verify --reproducible
uv run monatendard build-nerd --all
uv run monatendard verify --nerd --reproducible

How Monatendard is built

1. Pin the Monaspace Neon Frozen, Pretendard, and Nerd Fonts sources and verify their SHA256 checksums.
2. Keep the Monaspace Latin outlines, hinting, and 0.620em cells unchanged. Italic variants use the matching upright outlines for box-drawing, block, and Powerline glyphs so adjacent strokes remain continuous.
3. Scale Pretendard Hangul and CJK glyphs uniformly to 115%, keeping their original proportions, then merge them into cells exactly twice the Latin width.
4. Set the Monatendard family, style, fixed-pitch, version, and license metadata.
5. Generate desktop TTF files, web WOFF2 files, and @font-face CSS.
6. Optionally merge Nerd Fonts Symbols Only icons into single-width cells.
7. Verify glyph coverage, cell widths, ligatures, font metadata, and reproducible output before packaging.

Optional build: Monatendard Compact

If you prefer the narrower Latin cells of v0.2.x, build the compact profile. It compresses Latin outlines to 92.5% in 0.600em cells (without hinting) and uses the same uniform 115% Hangul scale. The family is named Monatendard Compact, so it installs alongside the main font.

uv run monatendard build --profile compact --all
uv run monatendard build-nerd --profile compact --all
uv run monatendard verify --profile compact
uv run monatendard verify --profile compact --nerd

Output goes to build/profiles/compact/. Compact is not officially released: release assets, the Homebrew cask, and the website cover the main font only.

See the Korean README for the complete build, packaging, and release workflow.

Upstream fonts and license

Monatendard is built from Monaspace Neon and Pretendard. The optional terminal variant adds Nerd Fonts Symbols Only.

The font software is distributed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Nerd Fonts symbols are distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE and third-party notices for details.