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Enable font anti-aliasing on VS Code

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vim /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.css

add to .editor-container section

-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;

2018-02-21 - 1.20.1
2018-02-14 - 1.20.0
2018-01-27 - 1.19.3
2017-11-30 - 1.18.1
2017-10-07 - 1.17.0
1.16.1

leonardssh commented Oct 19, 2021

Any updates on this?

dgaite commented Oct 23, 2021

Looks like workbench-> Font Aliasing has been removed.. Any suggestions?

iamcalinprojects commented Feb 14, 2022

For those willing to disable anti-aliasing/smooth edges/cleartype on VS Code as of today, there's no official option inside VS Code program. Instead, I have found this method that works for me and it's thanks to this article: https://medium.com/kasun-kodagoda/fix-text-becomes-blurry-when-vs-code-application-loses-focus-issue-on-windows-d95697b2f927

Here are the steps:

image also here: Disable anti-aliasing VSCode

Right-click on VS Code program and go to Proprieties.
In the "target" section of the app, add the following lines: --disable-gpu --enable-use-zoom-for-dsf
Apply the changes and that's it.

I hope it's useful.

ahmedpasic19 commented Jun 9, 2023 •

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Im on Windows and there is no anti-aliasing option like on mac OS. But I have installed Font Awesome, its exactily the same as the default VSCode font but includes anti-aliasing. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Janne252.fontawesome-autocomplete

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hanksudo commented Jun 9, 2023

Im on Windows and there is no anti-aliasing option like on mac OS. But I have installed Font Awesome, its exactily the same as the default VSCode font but includes anti-aliasing. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Janne252.fontawesome-autocomplete

It didn't an issue anymore, do you have this option on VSCode?

I use macOS

ahmedpasic19 commented Jun 9, 2023

Im on Windows and there is no anti-aliasing option like on mac OS. But I have installed Font Awesome, its exactily the same as the default VSCode font but includes anti-aliasing. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Janne252.fontawesome-autocomplete

It didn't an issue anymore, do you have this option on VSCode?

I use macOS

No, on windows we dont have that option.