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Add to SafariWhen comparing Hermit vs Courier Prime Code, the Slant community recommends Hermit for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Hermit is ranked 75th while Courier Prime Code is ranked 113rd. The most important reason people chose Hermit is:
The design of Hermit is clear and legible.
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Question Ranking
Common Questions
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 Even spacing
Courier Prime Code is a monospace font with adjusted Line Height.
Pro Support for standard font weights
Courier Prime supports Bold, Italics, Bold Italics, and Regular font weights.
Cons
Con Bold weight has larger width & height
Makes mixing bold/regular weight cause un-even spacing
https://github.com/pcaro90/hermit/issues/5
Con Courier Prime Code 0 (zero) is distinct from uppercase O (Oh)
In the other style, Courier Prime, the 0 (zero) is not distinct from uppercase O (Oh).
Con 1 (one) and lower l (ell) are very similar and can be confused
