When comparing Creep vs Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, the Slant community recommends Creep for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Creep is ranked 63rd while Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is ranked 69th. The most important reason people chose Creep is:
This font is nice and small, making it ideal for small screens.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Compact font
This font is nice and small, making it ideal for small screens.
Pro Specifically designed for programming
Pro Compact
You can fit a lot of text on the screen.
Pro Font proportion is perfect
Width is just right (not too narrow, not too wide). Many other fonts lack this.
Pro Smooth with antialiasing
Smooth at small sizes while still clear.
Pro Readable at small sizes
All characters are easy to recognize at small sizes (comma, period, etc).
Pro Easy to read
This is subjective but this font is very easy to read. The letters are all spaced and sized properly.
Cons
Con Really small
This font is so small that it might cause difficulty to read.
Con Line doesn't cover text right
When using Neomutt or htop, the line drawn over is too low - the top of the characters cut into the top of the line.
Con "mp" clump together with smaller sizes
E.g. in "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".