When comparing Microsoft Segoe UI Mono vs Google Noto, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Segoe UI Mono for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Microsoft Segoe UI Mono is ranked 45th while Google Noto is ranked 92nd. The most important reason people chose Microsoft Segoe UI Mono is:
Segoe UI Mono is a very readable font.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great readability
Segoe UI Mono is a very readable font.
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 The zero is not slashed
The zero is not slashed, which causes some problems when scanning source code. This is not an issue when the IDE supports coloring (like all major modern IDE's), but still there are instances where this is not the case. A primary example are T4 templates, where Microsoft has not yet provided coloring support.
Con Font pack might be too large
Because it is so comprehensive, the TTF/OTF packages in ZIP is really large.