When comparing Microsoft Calibri vs Google Noto Sans Mono, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Calibri for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Microsoft Calibri is ranked 76th while Google Noto Sans Mono is ranked 102nd. The most important reason people chose Microsoft Calibri is:
The font has a fairly minimal appearance that won't be distracting to the reader.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Very clear and easy to read
The font has a fairly minimal appearance that won't be distracting to the reader.
Pro Excellent support for Unicode characters
Unicode uses 16 bits per character, meaning that it can represent more than 65,000 unique characters.
Cons
Con Superceded by non-proprietary & metric-compatible Google CrOScore Carlito
Con Zero is difficult to identify
As it's not dotted or slashed, "0" is more difficult to distinguish.
Con Non-monospace ligature replacements for 'fl', 'fi', 'ffl', 'ffi'
By default, the substrings 'fl', 'fi', 'ffl', and 'ffi' are each crammed into one character width, making it not a truly monospace font. For example, the word 'flag' is rendered as three characters wide.
Con Letters capital 'i' and lowercase 'L' are too similar
The only difference is almost unnoticable.
Con Difficult to distinguish between a period and acomma as well as a colon and a semi-colon
Comma has very small tail, making it difficult to distinguish from a period (full stop). Same applies to colon and semi-colon.