When comparing Dina vs Mononoki, the Slant community recommends Mononoki for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Mononoki is ranked 29th while Dina is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Mononoki is:
Characters are well-differentiated and render clearly. Punctuation is large and easy to see. All characters are easily distinguishable from other similar-looking characters.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great appearance
Dina is compact, sharp, and easy to read.
Pro Compact yet readable
One of the most compact fonts while still being readable. More lines on screen while still passing basic readability check than Consolas, Courier new, Cascadia Mono, Hack, and Crisp. 8, 9, and 10 point are all fantastic.
Pro A really clean programming font
Neat and simple.
Pro Very legible
Characters are well-differentiated and render clearly. Punctuation is large and easy to see. All characters are easily distinguishable from other similar-looking characters.
Pro Very smooth
This font is smooth and beautiful.
Pro Works on cheap displays
Specifically designed to work well on low resolution displays (in addition to high resolution displays).
Pro Nice italic characters
Pro Works at low pixel sizes
9px +!
Cons
Con Bitmap only
Only available in bitmap (unless you find that one dude who converted it into a .ttf).
Con 8, 9, and 10pt only
Limited font size options.
Con No ligatures
Con Parenthesis
Asymmetric and too bulbous.