When comparing Microsoft Verdana vs Comic Mono, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Verdana for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Microsoft Verdana is ranked 105th while Comic Mono is ranked 127th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free with Windows
Pro Compact while light
Packs lots of information into your screen space while remaining clear and never looking crowded.
Pro Renders perfectly at all sizes
Again, particularly in Windows
Pro Looks absolutely gorgeous in Windows
Looks good elsewhere as well, but the world-class hinting here really comes out with the windows rasterizer (probably optimized for it).
Pro Provides improvements over Comic Sans, according to best monospace fonts practices
Lower case el ("l") now is almost indistinguishable from one ("1").
Pro Best font in the world now comes in monospace
For people that are using Comic Sans for everything. Now it can be used for programming more efficiently.
Pro Goes well with Comic Sans
Cons
Con Not monospaced
-if that is an absolute must for you. But don't assume it is until you've tried without...
Con Single-storey lowercase 'a' (ey)
Looks like lowercase 'o' (oh).
Con Lower case letter m is just not as wacky as the original
