minted code samples more "condensed" than lst-listing

Question

I want to switch to minted over listings for the superior syntax highlighting, especially for C++. But I can't get the font to look as nicely as with listings. Somehow the font is heavier and more condensed when generated with minted.

Here's an example (listings above, minted below):

This is my config for both of them:

\newfontfamily\UbuntuMono{Ubuntu Mono}
\setmonofont{Ubuntu Mono}

\lstset{
  backgroundcolor=\color{dsolar_back},
  basicstyle=\UbuntuMono\footnotesize\color{dsolar_text},
  breakatwhitespace=false,
  breaklines=true, 
  captionpos=b,
  commentstyle=\color{dsolar_comm},
  extendedchars=true, 
  frame=single, 
  keepspaces=true,
  keywordstyle=\color{dsolar_keyw}, 
  language=[11]C++,              
  numbers=left,                
  numbersep=5pt,
  rulecolor=\color{lightgrey},
  showspaces=false, 
  showstringspaces=false,
  showtabs=false,
  stepnumber=2,
  stringstyle=\color{dsolar_ltrl},
  tabsize=4,
  title=\lstname
}

\usepackage[cache=false]{minted}

\setminted[c++]{
    linenos=true,
    bgcolor=dsolar_back,
    fontsize=\footnotesize,
    style=solarizedlight,
    frame=single,
    framesep=0pt,
    rulecolor=\color{lightgrey},
    stepnumber=2,
    numbersep=5pt,
    resetmargins=true
}

Has anyone had experience with this? Are the some settings that I am missing? Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Those are the default behaviors. If you are using a monospace font, you should follow the minted's spacing, because the wide spacing in listings is just to make sure that even normal fonts become monospace.

If you want to use a wide font, you can borrow microtype.

In the following code, the above is the normal spacing, the below is the modified spacing. I don't have your font family, so I use a similar one (DejaVu Sans Mono):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[scaled=0.85]{DejaVuSansMono}
\usepackage{minted}
\usepackage[letterspace=100]{microtype}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newenvironment{myminted}
{\VerbatimEnvironment
\begingroup\lsstyle
\begin{minted}{C++}}
{\end{minted}
\endgroup}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{minted}{C++}
#include <cstdio>
int main() {
    printf("Hello, world!");
}
\end{minted}

\begin{myminted}
#include <cstdio>
int main() {
    printf("Hello, world!");
}
\end{myminted}
\lipsum[2]
\end{document}