When comparing Microsoft Segoe UI Mono vs Berkeley Mono, 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 Berkeley Mono is ranked 55th. 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 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 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 Missing weights
The regular weight is a little bit light for me, I'm waiting for the medium weight.