Andreas Bergström

Make VS Code look a bit more smooth (on Mac)

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Default VS Code text rendering on macOS Retina can look fuzzy because the editor doesn't pick up the system's font smoothing. One setting fixes it.

  1. Open settings
  2. Go to workbench.fontAliasing
  3. Set it to auto

The change should apply immediately:

Before: VS Code with default font aliasing Before — default rendering.

After: VS Code with workbench.fontAliasing set to auto After — workbench.fontAliasing: "auto".

The difference is most visible on Intel Macs and pre-Apple-Silicon-era setups; on M-series machines with current macOS the default rendering already differs and the change is subtler.