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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ It features true bold an italic variants so this font looks good all the time. T
 
 Otherwise, not much is kwown about this font (other than that it looks great).
 
-modern, sans, 2010
+modern, sans, 2010, free
 
 [...](https://code.google.com/p/anka-coder-fonts/)
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ https://code.google.com/p/anka-coder-fonts/
 
 Designed by [Mark Simonson](http://www.marksimonson.com), Anonymous Pro is an evolution of the original [Anonymous](http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Anonymous), adding lots of character sets and styles. It covers [all the characters (624 glyphs), styles and weights anyone will ever need](http://www.marksimonson.com/assets/content/fonts/AnonymousProSpecimen.pdf). For fans of having lots of code on screen, it even features bitmap versions for really tiny characters (without anti-aliasing). It's a truly professional option with a splash of character.
 
-mark simonson, sans, professional, 2009
+mark simonson, sans, professional, 2009, free
 
 By **Mark Simonson** (2009)
 *Alias: anonymous-pro  - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Anonymous+Pro
 
 It's a bit limited, 264 Glyphs, and bold and italic need to be synthesized. The creator is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. While Aurulent may [have its flaws](http://typophile.com/node/31970), and doesn't distinguish the 0's and O's, it's a pretty good looking font considering it basically seems to be a hobby project.
 
-stephen g hartke, sans, 2007, humanist
+stephen g hartke, sans, 2007, free
 
 By **Stephen G. Hartke** (2007)
 *Alias: aurulent - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Aurulent-Sans-Mono
 
 The origin story for this font is mind boggling, as is its [coverage of languages](http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/average-mono) (Urdu or Runic anyone?). Not unlikely one enabled the other. Bold and italic are also in. Basically, it may not have the most character (being average and all), but it's hard to find a situation where it won't work.
 
-serif, courier, 2013
+serif, courier, 2013, free
 
 By **Richard Alexander Hall** (2013)
 *Alias: average - License: Bitstream Vera License*
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/average-mono
 
 If to be copied is the sincerest form of flattery, Jim Lyles has much to be proud of: this has to be the [most copied font ever](http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bitstream_Vera_derivatives)). A classic, this font especially well suited for use on Windows since it's fully hinted. Although Bitstream did a wonderful job, its 300 glyphs can be limiting. Luckily, it has been open sourced, inspiring the [DejaVu Project](http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page) to expand the coverage of this wonderful typeface.
 
-bitstream, sans, 2002, professional
+bitstream, sans, 2002, professional, free
 
 By **Jim Lyles** (2002)
 *Alias: bitstream-vera - License: Bitstream Vera License*
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Bitstream-Vera-Sans-Mono
 
 Not much is known about this font or its creator. Its wide characters pack lots of style, but you would wonder if 208 Glyphs is sufficient. BPmono shines when used large as a display font.
 
-sans, display
+sans, display, free
 
 By **Backpacker**
 *Alias: bpmono - License: Creative Commons*
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/BPmono
 
 This is a beautiful, rounded font with loads of character. While it might not look like the most obvious choice for a programming font it's very well made and its coverage is very good. Sadly, Consolamono doesn't come with true italics. However, if you're looking for something fun and different, this might just be it.
 
-sans, display, 2011
+sans, display, 2011, free
 
 [...](http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/consolamono)
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/consolamono
 
 This font was designed by Steve Matteson, more widely known for his work on the Droid fontfaces you'll find on any Android device. It was created especially for on-screen use, and covers regular, bold and italic in an amazing 2391 Glyphs. Compatibility might be its strongest feat, but it's a serious font for every day use.
 
-courier, steve matteson, 2010, sans, compatibility, professional
+courier, steve matteson, 2010, sans, compatibility, professional, free
 
 By **Steve Matteson** (2010?)
 *Alias: cousine - License: Apache*
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cousine
 
 Cutive is a thin and light typewriter font with subtle serifs. A fresh and modern take on the classic style, this wonderful writer's typeface covers the basic western character set. It doesn't have true bold and italic, and zero's and o's aren't very distinct, but that shouldn't hold you back. Get your Hemingway on and blog away with this modern classic.
 
-2012, typewriter, github, serif
+2012, typewriter, github, serif, free
 
 By **Vernon Adams** (2012)
 *Alias: cutive - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ https://github.com/vernnobile/CutiveFont
 
 The DejaVu project is open source at its best. Started by expanding the coverage of the Bitstream Vera typeface, it has been in [active development](http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Changelog) for the past ten years. You might not have missed the Turkish Lira sign, but if you did you'll be glad to know it has recently been added. DejaVu has an amazing coverage and has all the styles you'll ever need. It's classic and understated and the goto font for many coders.
 
-2014, open source, active development, bistream vera, sans
+2014, open source, active development, bistream vera, sans, free
 
 By **Deja Vu Project** (2004)
 *Alias: dejavu - License: Bitstream Vera License*
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ http://dejavu-fonts.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
 Designed to carry Google Android's friendly character, Steve Matteson designed this font to be at its best on (small) screens. Sincs its initial relase it has been perfected  and expanded, making it a reliable use-anywhere font. At the same time it's fun and ligh-hearted. For some reason it lacks a true italic, and it should better distinguish o's and zeros, but it supports more languages that you can swing a smartphone at.
 
-sans, humanist, 2006, steve matteson, professional
+sans, humanist, 2006, steve matteson, professional, free
 
 By **Steve Matteson** (2006)
 *Alias: droid-sans - License: Apache*
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ http://www.droidfonts.com
 
 If you're feeling nostalgic for the days of dot-matrix printers (oh the noise they made!) this is your font. Perhaps more whimsycal than than practical, Effects Eighty works as advertised. Excellent retro.
 
-display, 2013, retro, sans
+display, 2013, retro, sans, free
 
 By **Peter Hull** (2013)
 *Alias: effects-eighty - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/effects-eighty
 
 Conceived as the "the mutant child of Comic Sans and Helvetica Neue", this is fun as a programming font can get (legally at least). Make no mistakes though, this isn't Comic Sans and Fantasque Sans Mono is very serious. The open source project has seen a great many updates throughout the year. Add a dash of wibbly-wobbly to make a day of debugging a bit less dreary.
 
-2013, github, active development, open source, sans
+2013, github, active development, open source, sans, free
 
 By **Jany Belluz** (2013)
 *Alias: fantasque-sans - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
 
 This is not just some programming font. It's designed like a bitmap font, but built as an outline font for maximum compatibility. That does however mean it only looks good at 15 pixels and doesn't have any true bold or italic styles. Indeed, it seems it could not have been made any more narrow: it is supremely efficient at getting lots of code on the screen without sacrificing readability. Fifteen is nearly halve the width of Cousine or Droid Sans, ideal for digging though log files.
 
-2013, pixel, narrow, sans
+2013, pixel, narrow, sans, free
 
 By **James Kilfiger** (2013?)
 *Alias: fifteen - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/fifteen
 
 Fira was designed as the default fontface for the Firefox OS. A smartphone OS looking to leverage web technology to a create a more open alternative to iOS and Android. Like the best new fonts it's a fresh design specifically developed for on-screen usage. While a true italic has been ommitted, it does cover over 1100 glyphs and should basically work everywhere. This is no cheap free font but a true professional font by a reknowned designer.
 
-professional, 2013, sans
+professional, 2013, sans, free
 
 By **Erik Spiekerman, Carois Type Design** (2013)
 *Alias: fira - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Fira+Mono
 
 Switch to black on white, turn of anti-aliasing, set it to 10 pixels and imagine yourself back in a time when [Madonna was ground-breaking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7mxzs649t4) and you could get shoes with lights that would blink as you walked. Awesome? Yes. Would you want to go back? Definitely, but perhaps not indefinitely. Retro has its place though and this might bring you there without giving up modern niceties like good coffee and  [phone](http://20thcenturyprops.co.uk/65/Telephones/1980s-retro-Philips-portable-cellular-phone-P405.html) you can [fit in your pocket](http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/1/6880089/this-bent-iphone-6-poster-is-perfect).
 
-pixel, retro, 1980
+pixel, retro, 1980, free
 
 By **Microsoft** (1980's?)
 *Alias: fixedsys - License: GNU GPL*
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixedsys
 
 Hard to say much about a font is so generic and proud of it. It's functional on non-offensive, but it's limited coverage and lack of bold and italics hold it back. It's hard to fault its basic design though, and it's very new, so who knows what the future holds for this font.
 
-sans, 2014
+sans, 2014, free
 
 By **Luc Devroye** (2014)
 *Alias: generic - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/generic-mono
 
 This isn't a designer's font, but an open source community effort to create a single font that has it all. It comes in bold and italic and has the most complete coverage of any font featured on this blog. While an OS will mix and match fonts for missing glyphs FreeFont looks to be a consistent source for anything mankind has ever put into writing. Still, every now and then new releases [improve the offering](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=freefont). If you need specific scripts or write a lot of math in LateX, this font will not let you down. It would have been better with a more distinct zero though, it lacks a slash or dot to set it apart from the capital o.
 
-open source, compatibility, 2002, active development, serif, latex
+open source, compatibility, 2002, active development, serif, latex, free
 
 By **Primož Peterlin, Steve White** (2002)
 *Alias: gnu-freefont - License: GNU GPL*
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ As of 20 June 2008 (by coincidence the Summer Solstice), GNU Unifont had a glyph
 
 Another typical GNU project, it's like a sans version of the GNU Freefont. Not in style but in intent: its coverage is equally amazing and the project is also very active (the most recent update was last October). While the project is somewhat done, they're still pushing for compatibility and development in open tools like Fontforge. If you need your font to be reliable, you can't go wrong with GNU Unifont even though it lacks a distinct zero.
 
-sans, open source, active development, 1998
+sans, open source, active development, 1998, free
 
 By **Roman Czyborra** (1998)
 *Alias: gnu-unifont - License: GNU GPL*
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/unifont
 
 This font is a clear and modern (futuristic even) sans, created by a programmer to be free  for everyone. It's limited coverage won't fill everyones needs, but it is well done and quite popular.
 
-sans, 2013
+sans, 2013, free
 
 By **Pablo Caro** (2013)
 *Alias: hermit - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Inconsolata draws from many inspirations and sources. I was particularly struck
 
 Inconsolata, inspired (also in name) by Consolas, is very well made and easy on the eyes. Its creator is a Google Android engineer, who was also involved with Google Fonts. Although this font doesn't come from a foundry it shows the designer knew what he was doing. If there is a downside it's a lack of coverage (291 glyphs) of certain scripts and true bold and italics.
 
-sans, 2001, consolas
+sans, 2001, consolas, free
 
 By **Raph Levien** (2001)
 *Alias: inconsolata - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Inconsolata
 
 This variation of Inconsolata, made possible by the OFL license, contains some minor tweaks. Most immediately visible is its increased size. It also uses straight quotes by default. If you  agree with Leonardo Maffi that this is an improvement, well there you go.
 
-sans, consolas, 2009
+sans, consolas, 2009, free
 
 By **Leonardo Maffi** (2009)
 *Alias: inconsolata-g - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/77079.html
 
 This font has been developed by the Polish TeX Users Group (GUST). They paid specific attention to both diacritical and mathematical characters. If you really need extended math support there's even an Latin Modern Math font to help you out. Latin Modern Mono features subtle serifs, great coverage (734 glyphs), and wonderful light and italic styles.
 
-2002, latex, serif
+2002, latex, serif, free
 
 By **Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz M. Nowacki** (2002)
 *Alias: latin-modern - License: GUST Font License*
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Latin-Modern-Mono
 
 Originally designed by [a group of students at ISIA Urbino](http://lektongroups.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/luglio-2008.html), this font was inspired by some of the typefaces used on the Olivetti typewriters. It is monospaced because the typewriter fonts were like that too. A programmer may fault it for its lack of a distint zero, but on the upside it features 953 glyphs in regular, bold and italic. Perhaps not surprising considering its origin, Lekton is really a writers typeface.
 
-2008, typewriter, sans
+2008, typewriter, sans, free
 
 By **Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino** (2008)
 *Alias: lekton - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Lekton
 
 Red Hat sponsored Steve Matteson in 2007 to create a set of fonts it could package with its Linux distribution. The family features metrically compatible replacements for Arial and Times New Roman, as well as a monospaced Courier replacement. While it lacks a distinct zero, this is a solid font with 665 glyphs and true bold and italic.
 
-2007, steve matteson, sans, professional, linux
+2007, steve matteson, sans, professional, linux, free
 
 By **Steve Matteson** (2007)
 *Alias: liberation - License: Red Hat Liberation License*
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Liberation-Mono
 
 In many ways similar to Lucida (by the same designers), this font was designed for the X Window System used in many Linux desktops. It features subtle serifs and is great for reading text. It doesn't have a distinct zero however, if you require that. With an adequate 376 glyphs in true bold and italic, you could do worse than go with  Luxi for your daily writing.
 
-professional, serif, 2001, linux
+professional, serif, 2001, linux, free
 
 By **Kris Holmes, Charles Bigelow** (2001)
 *Alias: luxi - License: Luxi font license*
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Luxi-Mono
 
 This font was created to tweak the already wonderful Menlo font. Recent updates enhance Windows compatibility with special tweaks to hinting for ClearType.
 
-bitstream vera, 2010, sans, github
+bitstream vera, 2010, sans, github, free
 
 By **André Berg** (2010)
 *Alias: meslo - License: Apache*
@@ -399,6 +399,8 @@ https://github.com/andreberg/Meslo-Font
 
 Not much is known about this font, that is available freely from services like [dafont.com](http://www.dafont.com/monofur.font). It looks great though, has distinct zeros and features a character all its own.
 
+free, sans, 2000
+
 By **Tobias Benjamin Köhler** (2000)
 *Alias: monofur - License: Freeware*
 http://www.dafont.com/monofur.font
@@ -411,7 +413,7 @@ http://www.dafont.com/monofur.font
 
 This font was developed by the Japanese M+ Fonts Project, so there are als Japanese script versions available. It covers 1681 glyphs, but lacks a true italic. It's actually quite narrow but quite readable. M+ is also well suited for programming as all similar characters have something to set it apart visually.
 
-2003, sans
+2003, sans, free
 
 By **Coji Morishita** (2003)
 *Alias: mplus - License: custom*
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@ http://mplus-fonts.sourceforge.jp
 
 NotCourierSans was created by the [OSP collective](http://osp.kitchen/about) by taking Nimbus Mono and chopping of the serifs. While that doesn't seem like a realy good idea, it has created a quite servicable font. It doesn't feature italics or a distinct zero, but does cover 658 glyphs.
 
-sans, 2008
+sans, 2008, free
 
 By **Open Source Publishing** (2008)
 *Alias: notcouriersans - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -441,7 +443,7 @@ http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/notcouriersans
 
 This is a unique font with lots of character. The rounded flourishes really make it stand out. It does have all the most important features for programming (like a slashed zero), so why not spice up your debugging with Nova.
 
-sans, 2010, display
+sans, 2010, display, free
 
 By **Wojciech Kalinowski** (2010)
 *Alias: nova - License: SIL OFL*
@@ -455,17 +457,21 @@ http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Nova+Mono
 
 Most fonts work fine on a Mac, the best ones add hinting for The Windows ClearType system, but a scarce few pay special attention to the FreeType rendering used in Linux. Oxygen was created to work well in KDE, and this mono variation is a great choice for programmers on Linux. It features a slashed zero and 397 glyphs are enough for pretty much anyone, although purists would prefer true bold and italic.
 
-linux, 2012, sans
+linux, 2012, sans, free
 
 By **Vernon Adams** (2012)
 *Alias: oxygen - License: SIL OFL*
 http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/oxygen-mono
 http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Oxygen+Mono
 
+
 # Profont
-"ProFont began life as a better version of Monaco 9 which is especially good for programmers."
+
+> "ProFont began life as a better version of Monaco 9 which is especially good for programmers."
 [...](http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/fonts/profont/MProFont/profontdoc.txt)
 
+free, 1987
+
 By **Andrew Welch** (1987)
 *Alias: profont - License: MIT*
 http://tobiasjung.name/profont/