When comparing Cutive Mono vs Microsoft Verdana, the Slant community recommends Microsoft Verdana for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Microsoft Verdana is ranked 105th while Cutive Mono is ranked 114th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Open source
As it is open source, Cutive Mono is freely available to anyone.
Pro Great legibility
Cutive Mono contains thin, light, readable glyphs.
Pro Free with Windows
Pro Compact while light
Packs lots of information into your screen space while remaining clear and never looking crowded.
Pro Renders perfectly at all sizes
Again, particularly in Windows
Pro Looks absolutely gorgeous in Windows
Looks good elsewhere as well, but the world-class hinting here really comes out with the windows rasterizer (probably optimized for it).
Cons
Con 1 and lower case L is confusing
Lower case L somewhat looks similar to numeral 1. This can cause confusion.
Con Not monospaced
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