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Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9 by testUser69 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:39PM (#13553158)
It looks pretty bad on Linux too. Somehow they managed to transport the crappy font rendering from Windows to Linux. It really feels like it's not built for Linux, but just shoe-horned in.
Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9 by bsznjyewgd on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:46PM (#13553228)
On Linux, it renders fonts the same way Chromium or Chrome do. If you're getting "crappy font rendering from Windows", you probably need to change your fonts.conf to change font hinting from full to slight (or none, if you like it more like Macs).

Edit: And also note that, for whatever reason, GNOME does its own thing where you also have to edit the GSettings in addition to the fonts.conf settings depending on what app you're running.

Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9 by WorldMaker on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:47PM (#13553229)
Font rendering is handled by Chromium's libraries/dependencies.

Do you also criticize Chromium's font rendering? Maybe you are just looking for things to complain about?

Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9 by rockdoe on Thursday February 02, 2017 @03:00PM (#13554014)
Chromium font rendering on Windows is terrible as it doesn't properly use the platform renderer and settings.

However on Linux it does, so this sounds like a broken fontconfig setup, or a toolkit not getting the right hinting config.

Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9 by k__ on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:45PM (#13553210)
I'm using it on Windows and Linux, and found it pretty good. What's the issue with fonts?
Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9 by rockdoe on Thursday February 02, 2017 @03:07PM (#13554106)
Set up 11pt Consolas on a native Windows app and set up VSC side by side. It looks nothing alike.

It's a years old Chrome bug. Wish they had a Chakra version of Elektron.

Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9 by k__ on Thursday February 02, 2017 @03:33PM (#13554374)
I see.

I always use 15pt Fira Code