When comparing Courier Prime Code vs Google Noto, the Slant community recommends Google Noto for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Google Noto is ranked 92nd while Courier Prime Code is ranked 113rd. The most important reason people chose Google Noto is:
Glyph design on Noto Sans is well designed and accounts for HiDPI and standard displays.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Even spacing
Courier Prime Code is a monospace font with adjusted Line Height.
Pro Support for standard font weights
Courier Prime supports Bold, Italics, Bold Italics, and Regular font weights.
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 Courier Prime Code 0 (zero) is distinct from uppercase O (Oh)
In the other style, Courier Prime, the 0 (zero) is not distinct from uppercase O (Oh).
Con 1 (one) and lower l (ell) are very similar and can be confused
Con Font pack might be too large
Because it is so comprehensive, the TTF/OTF packages in ZIP is really large.