When comparing Hermit vs Office Code Pro, the Slant community recommends Office Code Pro for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Office Code Pro is ranked 44th while Hermit is ranked 75th. The most important reason people chose Office Code Pro is:
The customizations were made specifically for text editors and coding environments, but are still very usable in other applications.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Good design
The design of Hermit is clear and legible.
Pro OFL licensed
This means that the font is free and open source.
Pro Modern and highly legible
The customizations were made specifically for text editors and coding environments, but are still very usable in other applications.
Pro Looks great
Sometimes it even works better than Source Code Pro for reading and writing.
Pro Works very well on Intelli J
This is useful for those who prefer using this environment.
Pro Integrates Powerline glyphs
The author added Powerline glyphs in version 1.002.
Cons
Con Bold weight has larger width & height
Makes mixing bold/regular weight cause un-even spacing
https://github.com/pcaro90/hermit/issues/5