When comparing Office Code Pro vs Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, 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 Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is ranked 69th. 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 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.
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 Looks like something designed by Microsoft
Con Does not have cyrillic characters
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".