When comparing Office Code Pro vs Google Noto, 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 Google Noto is ranked 92nd. 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 Optimized for a large variety of displays
Glyph design on Noto Sans is well designed and accounts for HiDPI and standard displays.
Pro Open-source
Licensed and distributed under the SIL Open Font License.
Pro Retina-ready
Looks very clean and crisp on retina displays.
Pro Simple and yet beautiful
Simple and beautiful - much like the Windows counterparts such as Calibri and Arial but it's native for Linux and for this reason it looks better than these two with anti-aliasing.
Pro Expansive character set
Noto Sans is one of the most comprehensive fonts in the market, covering an estimated 30+ languages backed by Google.
Cons
Con Looks like something designed by Microsoft
Con Does not have cyrillic characters
Con Font pack might be too large
Because it is so comprehensive, the TTF/OTF packages in ZIP is really large.
