When comparing Range Mono vs Google Noto, the Slant community recommends Google Noto for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Google Noto is ranked 92nd while Range Mono is ranked 126th. The most important reason people chose Google Noto is:
Glyph design on Noto Sans is well designed and accounts for HiDPI and standard displays.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Better readability than most programming fonts
Pro Pretty rad
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 Monolith's Range Mono is an artistic Mono
Not a technical Mono. Its work is more for graphic design, print. Tracking is loose, no distinct 0 (zero).
Con Wider than most mono fonts
Con No italics
Con Only one weight
Con Font pack might be too large
Because it is so comprehensive, the TTF/OTF packages in ZIP is really large.