When comparing Sudo vs Hermit, the Slant community recommends Hermit for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Hermit is ranked 58th while Sudo is ranked 86th. The most important reason people chose Hermit is:
The design of Hermit is clear and legible.
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Pros
Pro Four styles available
Sudo has Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic styles available.
Pro Works well on Windows
Sudo is hand-hinted for good rendering on Windows.
Pro Good legibility
Different character categories are differentiated by height and alignment. Numbers are a line width smaller than capital letters, so there is no need for a dotted or slashed zero.
Pro Good design
The design of Hermit is clear and legible.
Pro OFL licensed
This means that the font is free and open source.
Cons
Con Zero is not slashed or dotted
This makes for difficulty in distinguishing similar looking characters, such as the capital "O".
Con Bold weight has larger width & height
Makes mixing bold/regular weight cause un-even spacing
https://github.com/pcaro90/hermit/issues/5