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When comparing MT Lucida Console vs Berkeley Mono, the Slant community recommends MT Lucida Console for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” MT Lucida Console is ranked 25th while Berkeley Mono is ranked 55th. The most important reason people chose MT Lucida Console is:
The design of Lucida Console is very clean.
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Pros
Pro Easy to read
The design of Lucida Console is very clean.
Pro Feels natural
Pro Pixel sharp
Pro Very neutral
Pro Plain enough
The font does not distract you with weird glyphs – but is interesting enough to be loved.
Pro Legible
The font is wide enough to be legible but not too much so you can actually fit some information on your screen.
Cons
Con No bold or italics variant
Con Zero is not slashed or dotted
This can make it hard to distinguish the letter "O" from the number "0".
Con Limited Unicode support
Con Missing weights
The regular weight is a little bit light for me, I'm waiting for the medium weight.