When comparing New Heterodox Mono 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 New Heterodox Mono is ranked 112nd. 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 Looks professional and scientific
There are very few free programming fonts that is serifed and have a "scientific" look.
Pro Blends well with natural language
The serif style looks very good in English, especially when writing LaTeX or README files. In a LaTeX-compiled PDF it also blends well with the Computer Modern family because both of them are "modern style".
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 Does not support Greeks
Con Font pack might be too large
Because it is so comprehensive, the TTF/OTF packages in ZIP is really large.