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Add to SafariWhen comparing Inconsolata vs Google Noto, the Slant community recommends Inconsolata for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Inconsolata is ranked 54th while Google Noto is ranked 92nd. The most important reason people chose Inconsolata is:
The characters in Inconsolata have a slightly "wide" appearance that aids in readability, especially at small font sizes.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Characters readable even at small sizes
The characters in Inconsolata have a slightly "wide" appearance that aids in readability, especially at small font sizes.
Pro No visible character breaks
Inconsolata renders lines in TUIs without visible character breaks; apparently unlike Inconsolata-g.
Pro Slashed zero characters are distinguishable from capital "O" and "Q" characters
Inconsolata-g screws this up by replacing the slashed zero with a dotted zero. A dotted zero is better than a zero with nothing in it, but worse than a slashed zero.
Pro Efficient scalability
Inconsolata scales well without loss of readability.
Pro Excellent readability
Very clear, distinct characters with decent spacing make Inconsolata very readable.
Pro Widely available
Inconsolata is available in the package managers of almost every open source OS.
Pro Open source
It's an open source font, meaning it's freely available.
Pro Optimized for a large variety of displays
Glyph design on Noto Sans is well designed and accounts for HiDPI and standard displays.
Pro Open-source
Licensed and distributed under the SIL Open Font License.
Pro Retina-ready
Looks very clean and crisp on retina displays.
Pro Simple and yet beautiful
Simple and beautiful - much like the Windows counterparts such as Calibri and Arial but it's native for Linux and for this reason it looks better than these two with anti-aliasing.
Pro Expansive character set
Noto Sans is one of the most comprehensive fonts in the market, covering an estimated 30+ languages backed by Google.
Cons
Con Arched braces
Too much arched braces, decreases clarity, touching characters almost.
Con Font pack might be too large
Because it is so comprehensive, the TTF/OTF packages in ZIP is really large.
