New Version of Monaco Font
Programming November 1st, 2006
I’ve recently been sent newer version of the Monaco font and so I decided to put it on-line. The version number of the previous font I hosted was 2.0 but this new version is 5.1d1e1. I’m not sure how the new version differs but I’m told its from a new Mac Book Pro.
I’ve also noticed on several forums that people have said that the version I’m hosting isn’t quite the same as the version on the Macs. This, I believe is because the Mac version of the font contains more information about how the font should behave than is contained in the standard True Type Font. That said, this is as close as you;re going to get to the original Apple Monaco font.
Update: Several people have commented that the above version of Monaco does not render correctly on Linux. Thankfully, someone has sent me a copy which does render on Linux, however, it does not render correctly under Windows. You can now download the Linux version. Windows user should continue to use the version about.
Please note that this font is provided as is. I have not tested the font myself, I am merely providing it to you as it was sent to me.
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If you like Monaco, you might also want to check out Envy Code R (preview release 6) from DamienG.
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Thanks, much appreciated! I just went for the old version as I saw this post a little later.
Yeah, it’s true, the font looks a lot better on a mac
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/As2_bounceball.png
That’s what I was going for…
Man, I’ve got to get me a Mac
Thanks, the older version doesn’t work on Windows Vista but this one works. I like
Monacobetter than Microsoft’sConsolasfont.Hi! Unfortunately the file seems to be corrupted (has some PHP warnings inside the font!). Could you please correct your download script? Thanks!
Monaco’s a truly great font for programming! Could you fix the link so that it can be downloaded without being corrupt?
Thanks for pointing out the broken download. Its now been fixed so please try again.
Hi again! I still can’t download the font… :/
The PHP error inside the font is this (repeated every 2.048 bytes, which is probably the buffer size you’re using): “Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /usr/home/gringod2/public_html/tracker/download/HTTPDownload.php on line 232″.
Does this help in solving the problem?
I’ve just tried downloading it myself and I didn’t get any such problem. Can you make sure you clear your browser cache (just in case) and download it again.
Ok, I finally got it! Just cleared the cache before trying again and it worked. Thanks!
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This font doesn’t quite work in Linux. It seems that the line-height is cut in half so display of it is corrupted. I extracted a .ttf from the Monaco.dfont file on my MacBook using fondu and it works perfectly. If you’d like that one instead, let me know.
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Ian, I’m having the same problem with rendering in Linux. Can you send me a copy of your TTF file? diwaker AT floatingsun.net — thanks!
The new version of the font does not appear to be monospaced
I’m using it in Visual Studio, ClearType on, size 10
and the word “finish” is just as wide as “start”
Sorry, apparently the letters ‘f’ and ‘i’ are merged together in VisualStudio - notepad renders it ok.
It gets stranger because if I move the caret with the arrow keys it jumps over both letters at once. Really weird.
Hi Eugen,
Which font are you using on windows? If you downloaded the Linux one then yes, I know about that. If it is the previous one then that is something I was not aware about and will have a look into it.
I have an extremely annoying thing in Eclipse with monaco under linux: bold letters are wider than regular. actually, it looks like Linux (ubuntu, fiesty) treats Monaco as regular, not monospaced font. I can send a screenshot, if it is not clear from this post.
I’ve googled quite much about this but had no luck
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Consolas is ugly, i normally use something else.
This is far by the best ive seen, so easy to read
and looks cool too.
Ben
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