Recursive

Rec Mono for Code

Recursive Mono or Rec Mono is a variable type family built for better code and UI. It is inspired by casual script signpainting, but designed primarily to meet the needs of programming environments and application interfaces.

For more information have a look at the upstream website: https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive/

Rec Mono Duotone

A personal favorite – this use the Linear style for Regular text and Casual styles for Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic text. In many themes that use italic styles, this will give most code a utilitarian look, but set comments, some keywords, and certain headlines in the more-handwritten Casual style.

Rec Mono Linear

An everyday workhorse for code. Slightly-boxy shapes maximize legibility while maintaining a standard monospace width, while a few quirks add a little bit of extra personality and differentiation between similarly-shaped characters.

Rec Mono Casual

A party in a font. Fun and wacky shapes, simplified enough for small sizes but curvy enough to have plenty of character. Best in casual coding and non-primary terminals.

Rec Mono SemiCasual

Sets the CASL axis at 0.5 for font that is serious but softened a little bit. This isn't the best choice for text at large sizes (like headlines on a website), but can be a really nice balance in code.

Version: 1.085

Which font?

TL;DR

• Pick your font family:
  • If you are limited to monospaced fonts (because of your terminal, etc) then pick a font with Nerd Font Mono (or NFM).
  • If you want to have bigger icons (usually around 1.5 normal letters wide) pick a font without Mono i.e. Nerd Font (or NF). Most terminals support this, but ymmv.
  • If you work in a proportional context (GUI elements or edit a presentation etc) pick a font with Nerd Font Propo (or NFP).

Ligatures

Ligatures are generally preserved in the patched fonts. Nerd Fonts v2.0.0 had no ligatures in the Nerd Font Mono fonts, this has been dropped with v2.1.0. If you have a ligature-aware terminal and don't want ligatures you can (usually) disable them in the terminal settings.

Explanation

Once you narrow down your font choice of family (Droid Sans, Inconsolata, etc) and style (bold, italic, etc) you have 2 main choices:

Option 1: Download already patched font

• For a stable version download a font package from the release page
• Direct links for Recursive.zip or Recursive.tar.xz

Option 2: Patch your own font

• Patch your own variations with the various options provided by the font patcher (i.e. not include all symbols for smaller font size)

For more information see: The FAQ