When comparing New Heterodox Mono vs Office Code Pro, the Slant community recommends Office Code Pro for most people. In the question“What are the best programming fonts?” Office Code Pro is ranked 44th while New Heterodox Mono is ranked 112nd. The most important reason people chose Office Code Pro is:
The customizations were made specifically for text editors and coding environments, but are still very usable in other applications.
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 Modern and highly legible
The customizations were made specifically for text editors and coding environments, but are still very usable in other applications.
Pro Looks great
Sometimes it even works better than Source Code Pro for reading and writing.
Pro Works very well on Intelli J
This is useful for those who prefer using this environment.
Pro Integrates Powerline glyphs
The author added Powerline glyphs in version 1.002.