Myna: monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages

Do you ever feel like your font treats symbols as second-class glyphs? Are you frustrated that -> looks nothing like an arrow, and $, @, % seem ever mismatched? Want to experience the beauty of ligatures without losing the simplicity of ASCII? Myna (Gracula religiosa 🐦‍⬛) is a monospace font which aims to bring harmony to your editor by treating symbols as first-class glyphs alongside alphanumeric characters. Why Myna? Myna was borne out of a need to scratch a persistent typographical itch. While I’ve tried many otherwise well-crafted monospace fonts, I always found myself wanting to tweak a glyph here or adjust a shape there. After developing Myna and using it almost exclusively in my professional and personal work, I’m sharing it as a small contribution to the wonderful…

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