When comparing Microsoft Cascadia Code vs Dank Mono, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Cascadia Code for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Microsoft Cascadia Code is ranked 33rd while Dank Mono is ranked 61st. The most important reason people chose Microsoft Cascadia Code is:
Distinct characters
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy to read
Distinct characters
Pro Ligatures
Pro Default in Windows Terminal
Pro Italic variant with handwriting style
Pro Has ligatures
Pro Cheaper alternative to Operator Mono
Operator Mono costs about $200. Dank Mono looks similar but costs only £40.
Cons
Con Lacks == ligature
Con Designed specifically for terminals
Not necessarily as good for programming (the question is about programming in particular).
Con Too thin
He needs to add variants of thickness and then I think he would have a sellar product. You have to set your font size extremely high on hi-res displays to look the way I think he wishes it to be, but then the font is too large.
Con Looks a bit inconsistent, especially italics
Lowercase k looks weird.