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Mononoki vs Inconsolata

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When comparing Mononoki vs Inconsolata, the Slant community recommends Mononoki for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Mononoki is ranked 29th while Inconsolata is ranked 52nd. The most important reason people chose Mononoki is:

Characters are well-differentiated and render clearly. Punctuation is large and easy to see. All characters are easily distinguishable from other similar-looking characters.

Specs

ItalicsYes

LicenseOFL-1.1

LigaturesNo

Zero StyleSlash

AlternativeM+ 1 Code

Based OnMatthias Tellen's monoOne

Weights2 (Regular, Bold)

ItalicsNo

LicenseOFL-1.1

LigaturesYes, but disabled by default

Zero StyleSlash

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Pros

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Very legible

Characters are well-differentiated and render clearly. Punctuation is large and easy to see. All characters are easily distinguishable from other similar-looking characters.

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Very smooth

This font is smooth and beautiful.

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Works on cheap displays

Specifically designed to work well on low resolution displays (in addition to high resolution displays).

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Nice italic characters

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Works at low pixel sizes

9px +!

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Characters readable even at small sizes

The characters in Inconsolata have a slightly "wide" appearance that aids in readability, especially at small font sizes.

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Excellent readability

Very clear, distinct characters with decent spacing make Inconsolata very readable.

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Efficient scalability

Inconsolata scales well without loss of readability.

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Slashed zero characters are distinguishable from capital "O" and "Q" characters

Inconsolata-g screws this up by replacing the slashed zero with a dotted zero. A dotted zero is better than a zero with nothing in it, but worse than a slashed zero.