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Add to SafariWhen comparing PT Mono vs Cutive Mono, the Slant community recommends PT Mono for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” PT Mono is ranked 14th while Cutive Mono is ranked 114th. The most important reason people chose PT Mono is:
PT Mono uses slashed zeros and a rounded lowercase "L", while all numbers are easily distinguishable.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Clear characters
PT Mono uses slashed zeros and a rounded lowercase "L", while all numbers are easily distinguishable.
Pro Crisp on display
No pixelation on high pixel density displays.
Pro Clearest parentheses/braces/brackets
You will read ({[ something like this with PT Mono smoothly on screen on any size and quality.
Pro Open source
As it is open source, Cutive Mono is freely available to anyone.
Pro Great legibility
Cutive Mono contains thin, light, readable glyphs.
Cons
Con No ligatures
Con Lower t stem is short, too similar to lower c
Preferentially, lower f, i, r, have feet, however fortunately lower l (ell) is tailed.
Con No Greek letters
Con 1 and lower case L is confusing
Lower case L somewhat looks similar to numeral 1. This can cause confusion.
