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# Rec Mono for Code
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**Recursive Mono** or **Rec Mono** is a variable type family built
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for better code and UI. It is inspired by casual script signpainting,
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but designed primarily to meet the needs of programming environments
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and application interfaces.
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For more information have a look at the upstream website: https://github.com/arrowtype/recursive/
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### Rec Mono Duotone
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A personal favorite – this use the Linear style for Regular text and
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Casual styles for Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic text. In many themes
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that use italic styles, this will give most code a utilitarian look,
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but set comments, some keywords, and certain headlines in the
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more-handwritten Casual style.
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### Rec Mono Linear
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An everyday workhorse for code. Slightly-boxy shapes maximize legibility
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while maintaining a standard monospace width, while a few quirks add a
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little bit of extra personality and differentiation between
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similarly-shaped characters.
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### Rec Mono Casual
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A party in a font. Fun and wacky shapes, simplified enough for small sizes
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but curvy enough to have plenty of character. Best in casual coding and
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non-primary terminals.
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### Rec Mono SemiCasual
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Sets the CASL axis at `0.5` for font that is serious but softened a
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little bit. This isn't the best choice for text at large sizes (like
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headlines on a website), but can be a really nice balance in code.
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Version: 1.085
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## Which font?
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### TL;DR
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* Pick your font family:
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* If you are limited to monospaced fonts (because of your terminal, etc) then pick a font with `Nerd Font Mono` (or `NFM`).
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* 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.
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* If you work in a proportional context (GUI elements or edit a presentation etc) pick a font with `Nerd Font Propo` (or `NFP`).
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### Ligatures
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Ligatures are generally preserved in the patched fonts.
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Nerd Fonts `v2.0.0` had no ligatures in the `Nerd Font Mono` fonts, this has been dropped with `v2.1.0`.
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If you have a ligature-aware terminal and don't want ligatures you can (usually) disable them in the terminal settings.
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### Explanation
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Once you narrow down your font choice of family (`Droid Sans`, `Inconsolata`, etc) and style (`bold`, `italic`, etc) you have 2 main choices:
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#### `Option 1: Download already patched font`
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* For a stable version download a font package from the [release page](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases)
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* Direct links for [Recursive.zip](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/Recursive.zip) or [Recursive.tar.xz](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/Recursive.tar.xz)
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#### `Option 2: Patch your own font`
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* Patch your own variations with the various options provided by the font patcher (i.e. not include all symbols for smaller font size)
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For more information see: [The FAQ](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/wiki/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting#which-font)
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[SIL-RFN]:http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=OFL_web_fonts_and_RFNs#14cbfd4a
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