FAQ
General questions
How can I send feedback related to the typeface?
We’re eager to improve the font and make it better for everyone. Use the following options:
- For bug reports and feature requests, use our feedback channel on GitHub
- For anything private, send us email and we’ll get back to you
How to download the typeface?
You can download the latest version in “My orders” section by providing the email you used during the checkout and the order number.
How can I figure out which version of the typeface I have installed?
Mac OS: Use either the Font Book app or a terminal command like otfccdump MonoLisa-Regular.ttf | jq .head.fontRevision
. The command depends on otfcc and jq.
Linux: The same terminal trick works under Linux as well.
As a general solution, you can use the FontDrop web service.
How can I download the latest version of the typeface?
You can download the latest version in “My orders” section by providing the email you used during the checkout and the order number.
My download link doesn’t work. How can I access the typeface?
You can download the latest version in “My orders” section by providing the email you used during the checkout and the order number.
How to upgrade to a higher-tier bundle?
Yes, you can upgrade now or later by visiting My Orders page. We will deduct the amount you already paid from the next-tier product. The same applies also for student licenses.
How to install the typeface?
Windows
See installing fonts on Windows
Linux
Please refer to the documentation of your Linux distribution.
macOs
To install:
- Select and open all downloaded files (
.otf
)
- Click on “Install font”
To uninstall:
- Open
Font Book.app
- Find
MonoLisa
using search
- Right-click on it and choose
Remove “MonoLisa” Family
- Empty trash bin
To update:
- Remove the old version of the font using
Font Book.app
- Install the newer version of the font
You might need to restart your computer to see the newer version of the font in your editor. If that doesn’t work, please see next question.
To clear the font cache:
- Run the following in Terminal.app
sudo atsutil databases -removeatsutil server -shutdownatsutil server -ping
- Restart your computer
- Re-install the font (see previous question)
Please refer to these instructions if you still can’t update the font.
Orders
How to change the email of my order?
Please ask the Paddle support to do this for you as they manage the data related to the orders.
Can I get a refund for my order?
See the refund policy for the exact terms and conditions.
I want to buy licenses for my team/company. How can I do that?
There are so called team licenses available and the specifics for this are available at the license in the section 1.E Multi-User Licenses. In effect, you have to perform a small calculation to figure out how many licenses are needed based on the amount of users you have.
Features
Which weights/formats are included?
The exact weights have been listed below:
- Personal – Regular (
400
), Bold (600
)
- Plus – Light (
300
), Regular (400
), Medium (500
), Bold (600
)
- Professional – Thin (
100
), ExtraLight (200
), Light (300
), Regular (400
), Medium (500
), Bold (600
), Black (700
)
You can download your purchased package in a format of your choice (otf
, ttf
, woff
, woff2
) in the my orders page.
Note that the plus and professional packages contain more alternative glyphs and have access to the customize tool that makes it easy to generate custom versions of the typeface even per application. This way you can avoid software limitations and use exactly the features you want (plus, pro).
Settings & usage
What languages does MonoLisa support?
MonoLisa currently supports following languages:
- Abenaki
- Afaan Oromo
- Afar
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Alsatian
- Amis
- Anuta
- Aragonese
- Aranese
- Aromanian
- Arrernte
- Arvanitic
- Asturian
- Atayal
- Aymara
- Azerbaijani
- Bashkir
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Bemba
- Bikol
- Bislama
- Bosnian
- Breton
- Bulgarian Romanization
- Cape Verdean
- Catalan
- Cebuano
- Chamorro
- Chavacano
- Chichewa
- Chickasaw
- Chinese Pinyin
- Cimbrian
- Cofan
- Cornish
- Corsican
- Crimean Tatar
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dawan
- Delaware
- Dholuo
- Drehu
- Dutch
- English
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Faroese
- Fijian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Folkspraak
- French
- Frisian
- Friulian
- Gagauz
- Galician
- Ganda
- Genoese
- German
- Gikuyu
- Gooniyandi
- Greek
- Greenlandic
- Guadeloupean
- Gwichin
- Haitian Creole
- Han
- Hawaiian
- Hiligaynon
- Hopi
- Hotcak
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Ido
- Igbo
- Ilocano
- Indonesian
- Interglossa
- Interlingua
- Irish
- Istroromanian
- Italian
- Jamaican
- Javanese
- Jerriais
- Kaingang
- Kala Lagaw Ya
- Kapampangan
- Kaqchikel
- Karakalpak
- Karelian
- Kashubian
- Kikongo
- Kinyarwanda
- Kiribati
- Kirundi
- Klingon
- Kurdish
- Ladin
- Latin
- Latino Sine
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Lojban
- Lombard
- Low Saxon
- Luxembourgish
- Maasai
- Makhuwa
- Malay
- Maltese
- Manx
- Maori
- Marquesan
- Meglenoromanian
- Meriam Mir
- Mirandese
- Mohawk
- Moldovan
- Montagnais
- Montenegrin
- Murrinhpatha
- Nagamese Creole
- Nahuatl
- Ndebele
- Neapolitan
- Ngiyambaa
- Niuean
- Noongar
- Norwegian
- Novial
- Occidental
- Occitan
- Old Icelandic
- Old Norse
- Oshiwambo
- Ossetian
- Palauan
- Papiamento
- Piedmontese
- Pinyin
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Potawatomi
- Qeqchi
- Quechua
- Rarotongan
- Romanian
- Romansh
- Rotokas
- Russian
- Sami
- Sami Inari
- Sami Lule
- Sami Northern
- Sami Southern
- Samoan
- Sango
- Saramaccan
- Sardinian
- Scottish Gaelic
- Serbian
- Seri
- Seychellois
- Shawnee
- Shona
- Sicilian
- Silesian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Slovio
- Somali
- Sorbian Lower
- Sorbian Upper
- Sotho Northern
- Sotho Southern
- Spanish
- Sranan
- Sundanese
- Swahili
- Swazi
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tahitian
- Tetum
- Tok Pisin
- Tokelauan
- Tongan
- Tshiluba
- Tsonga
- Tswana
- Tumbuka
- Turkish
- Turkmen
- Tuvaluan
- Tzotzil
- Ukrainian
- Uzbek
- Venetian
- Vepsian
- Vietnamese
- Volapuk
- Voro
- Wallisian
- Walloon
- Waraywaray
- Warlpiri
- Wayuu
- Welsh
- Wikmungkan
- Wiradjuri
- Wolof
- Xavante
- Xhosa
- Yapese
- Yindjibarndi
- Zapotec
- Zarma
- Zazaki
- Zulu
- Zuni
Usage
How to use the typeface in program X?
Generally put, the editor support for special features included in MonoLisa is weak. VS Code documented below is an exception to this rule. For the rest, it’s preferable to use the customize tool to generate a typeface that makes sense for your use case.
The same goes for terminals as majority of them don’t expose many font features and you are lucky if you can toggle ligatures.
Design software tends to have better support (esp. Adobe products, Figma, and Affinity Designer). For something more presentation oriented, such as Pages, using the customize tool is the way to go again.
How to enable stylistic sets and the script variant?
Some OpenType features of MonoLisa are optional and they are hidden behind stylistic sets. At the moment, editor support for the feature is unfortunately poor.
In VS Code the example below, we enable calt
glyphs (space alterations), disable ligatures (liga
), and enable the script variant (ss02
):
settings.json
{"editor.fontLigatures": "'calt' on, 'liga' off, 'ss02' on"}
The editor.fontLigatures
accepts standard CSS.
To mitigate the problem for the rest of us, additionally you can customize your font before downloading it. This allows removing ligatures or enabling script variant by default for any editor.
What are the suggested settings for WebStorm?
Go to Preferences → Editor → Font
and set the font to MonoLisa
. Adjust the remaining options to your liking.
Visual Studio Code
How to enable the script variant for comments?
To do this, make sure ss02
is enabled and that italic
font style is being applied to your theme. The configuration below does this globally for VS Code:
settings.json
{"editor.fontLigatures": "'ss02' on","editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {"textMateRules": [{"scope": "comment","settings": {"fontStyle": "italic"}}]}}
See the related Stack Overflow question for more information.
What are the suggested settings?
settings.json
{"editor.fontFamily": "MonoLisa","editor.lineHeight": 0,"editor.fontLigatures": true,"editor.fontSize": 12}
Setting lineHeight
to zero means VS Code will figure out the height automatically based on the font.
How to change the font weight?
In order to alter the font weight, you should use the editor.fontWeight
field like this:
settings.json
{"editor.fontFamily": "MonoLisa","editor.fontWeight": "400",}
Adjust the number based on the fonts you own. 400 is regular and the rest are with 100 increments (300 for light for example and 700 for bold).
How to make MonoLisa take less vertical space?
If the default line height of MonoLisa feels too roomy for you, try adjusting it in VS Code like this:
settings.json
{"editor.lineHeight": 16}
Tweak the number till it looks good to you. You can use zero to use the default measurement to compare.