When comparing Comic Mono vs Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, the Slant community recommends Bitstream Vera Sans Mono for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is ranked 69th while Comic Mono is ranked 127th. The most important reason people chose Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is:
You can fit a lot of text on the screen.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Provides improvements over Comic Sans, according to best monospace fonts practices
Lower case el ("l") now is almost indistinguishable from one ("1").
Pro Best font in the world now comes in monospace
For people that are using Comic Sans for everything. Now it can be used for programming more efficiently.
Pro Goes well with Comic Sans
Pro Compact
You can fit a lot of text on the screen.
Pro Font proportion is perfect
Width is just right (not too narrow, not too wide). Many other fonts lack this.
Pro Smooth with antialiasing
Smooth at small sizes while still clear.
Pro Readable at small sizes
All characters are easy to recognize at small sizes (comma, period, etc).
Pro Easy to read
This is subjective but this font is very easy to read. The letters are all spaced and sized properly.
Cons
Con Single-storey lowercase 'a' (ey)
Looks like lowercase 'o' (oh).
Con Lower case letter m is just not as wacky as the original
Con Line doesn't cover text right
When using Neomutt or htop, the line drawn over is too low - the top of the characters cut into the top of the line.
Con "mp" clump together with smaller sizes
E.g. in "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".