When comparing Dank Mono vs Berkeley Mono, the Slant community recommends Berkeley Mono for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Berkeley Mono is ranked 55th while Dank Mono is ranked 61st. The most important reason people chose Berkeley Mono is:
The font does not distract you with weird glyphs – but is interesting enough to be loved.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Italic variant with handwriting style
Pro Has ligatures
Pro Cheaper alternative to Operator Mono
Operator Mono costs about $200. Dank Mono looks similar but costs only £40.
Pro Plain enough
The font does not distract you with weird glyphs – but is interesting enough to be loved.
Pro Legible
The font is wide enough to be legible but not too much so you can actually fit some information on your screen.
Cons
Con Too thin
He needs to add variants of thickness and then I think he would have a sellar product. You have to set your font size extremely high on hi-res displays to look the way I think he wishes it to be, but then the font is too large.
Con Looks a bit inconsistent, especially italics
Lowercase k looks weird.
Con Missing weights
The regular weight is a little bit light for me, I'm waiting for the medium weight.