Menlo (typeface)

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Category Sans-serif [1]
Classification Monospace [1]
Designer Jim Lyles [2]
Foundry Apple Inc. [2]
Date released2009 [2]

Menlo is a monospaced sans-serif typeface designed by Jim Lyles and Charles Bigelow. [1] [3] The typeface was first shipped with Mac OS X Snow Leopard in August 2009. [4] [3] [5] Menlo superseded the Monaco typeface, which had long been the default monospaced typeface on macOS. [6] [7] Menlo is based on the open source font Bitstream Vera and the public domain font DejaVu. [8] [4] [9] [10] [1] [3]

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Replacement

Menlo was replaced as the system monospaced font in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan in September 2015, with a new Apple-made monospaced font called SF Mono, a monospaced variant of the San Francisco family of fonts that Apple has created as part of its corporate identity. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Menlo Font Combinations & Similar Fonts". Typewolf. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "Menlo in use". Fonts In Use. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  3. 1 2 3 Bonilla, Oscar (2015-10-12). "Programming Font". oscarbonilla.com. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  4. 1 2 Drang, Dr. (2009-06-15). "Snow Leopard's new monospaced font". All this. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  5. ↑ "Apple to Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28". Apple Newsroom. Apple Inc. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  6. ↑ "Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard & fonts". Prepressure. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  7. ↑ "Add Menlo as monospace font for Mac OS 10.6 users". Meta Stack Exchange. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  8. ↑ Embedded Menlo font info
  9. ↑ Drang, Dr. (2009-10-27). "The compleat Menlo/Vera Sans comparison". All this. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  10. ↑ Gruber, John (2009-06-11). "Menlo". Daring Fireball. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  11. ↑ "Gerrit 3.1.x". Gerrit Code Review. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  12. ↑ "Fonts for Apple platforms". Apple Developer. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  13. ↑ "Typography". Apple Developer. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  14. ↑ "Apple Releases OS X 10.11 El Capitan With Improved Spotlight Search, Enhanced Performance, and Revamped Apps". MacRumors. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  15. ↑ "What Font Does Apple Use?". Superside. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
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