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Sudo vs Dank Mono

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When comparing Sudo vs Dank Mono, the Slant community recommends Dank Mono for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Dank Mono is ranked 61st while Sudo is ranked 80th.

Specs

LigaturesYes

Zero StyleDot

ItalicsYes

LicenseOFL-1.1

Weights5 (Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold)

LigaturesYes

Zero StyleSlash

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Pros

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Good legibility

Different character categories are differentiated by height and alignment. Numbers are a line width smaller than capital letters. Zero is now dotted.

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Programming ligatures

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Four styles available

Sudo has Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic styles available.

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Works well on Windows

Sudo is hand-hinted for good rendering on Windows.

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Italic variant with handwriting style

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Has ligatures

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Cheaper alternative to Operator Mono

Operator Mono costs about $200. Dank Mono looks similar but costs only £40.

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Cons

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Con
Too thin

He needs to add variants of thickness and then I think he would have a sellar product. You have to set your font size extremely high on hi-res displays to look the way I think he wishes it to be, but then the font is too large.