Funny, it gave me Roboto Mono, a font I've never used. I use whatever VS Code's default is, or IBM Plex Mono with Fira Code's ligatures when I decide to stop being lazy and go set a font. The differences between most fonts don't bother me much.
I'm a litigator and a fan of IBM Plex Mono and Plex Sans for my drafting!
(I draft and typeset my filings separately; IBM Plex would probably be viewed with disfavor in court, simply because it doesn't look like Times New Roman. I push the envelope by using Matthew Butterick's Equity family for that.)
The IBM Plex family is super, both on screen and in print — particularly for free! Very legible and well thought out.
The other typeface I prefer for my drafting is Atkinson Hyperlegible (also free).
Another MB fonts enjoyer! I like how MB designed Equity specifically to be metric-compatible with Times New Roman. Have you ever been called out for using it?
Never. In state court most people default to TNR and are blind to typography, so no one even notices. In federal, my opponents are usually the same way but many judges at least have the sense to use Palatino or something Century-like instead of TNR.
In state court appeals, we're required to use 14-point of either Arial or Bookman Old Style (double-spaced). D-: My eyes would bleed if I drafted with that typesetting — it's horrid.
Arial or Bookman Old Style?! … It's pretty hard to do worse than those two fonts. Eeesh. I'm so sorry.
I'm very glad to hear you get away with Equity. I'm well past the age where I am forced to write essays for school using TNR; when my kids are in school, if such madness persists, I'll help them swap it out for Equity and see if their teachers notice. >:)
Aside: I use the Stylus plugin for Firefox to read HN in Concourse. It makes for a more pleasant reading experience.
Because IBM Plex Sans JP exists I use the IBM Plex fonts. It's a whole lot easier than trying to pick fonts that work well together with a Japanese font. And IBM Plex looks fairly nice, so that helps.
