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Add to SafariWhen comparing Mononoki vs Microsoft Verdana, the Slant community recommends Mononoki for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Mononoki is ranked 29th while Microsoft Verdana is ranked 105th. 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
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro 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.
Pro Very smooth
This font is smooth and beautiful.
Pro Works on cheap displays
Specifically designed to work well on low resolution displays (in addition to high resolution displays).
Pro Nice italic characters
Pro Works at low pixel sizes
9px +!
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 No ligatures
Con Parenthesis
Asymmetric and too bulbous.
Con Not found by default in any system
Con Not monospaced
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