When comparing Liberation Mono vs Comic Mono, the Slant community recommends Liberation Mono for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Liberation Mono is ranked 17th while Comic Mono is ranked 127th. The most important reason people chose Liberation Mono is:
Liberation Mono works well with hinting on high-resolution displays.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Very readable
Liberation Mono works well with hinting on high-resolution displays.
Pro As of 2023: Second Best screen-modern drop-in replacement for MT Courier New
Metric-compatible with Monotype Courier New, dot 0 (zero), modern non-Kettler lowercase l (ell), 660+ glyphs, OFL-1.1 license
Pro Compact line height
Just like Courier New (the metrics of which this font emulates), its line height isn't too big, which results in more lines on the screen, compared to Consolas and several other more popular fonts.
Pro Has Bold typeface
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 Difference between "0" and "O" isn't clear
It can be difficult to tell the difference between the number "0" and the letter "O". However, the Fedora Project has a slightly altered version of Liberation Mono that fixes this with a dotted zero.
Con Liberation fonts are ugly
Con Single-storey lowercase 'a' (ey)
Looks like lowercase 'o' (oh).