Configuring a font variant in IntelliJ

Question

Is there a way to force IntelliJ to use a specific font variant, e.g. Source Code Pro Light? As far as I know, IntelliJ always assume the regular variant, and doesn't allow one to specify what to be used as bold and italic.

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I have probably not been clear. There is a way to select a fixed variant (bold and italic), but IntelliJ decides what that variant should be. As an example, consider the fact I want to configure IntelliJ to use the following fonts:

• Normal Text -> Source Code Pro Light (and not Regular)
• Bold -> Source Code Pro Regular (and not Bold)
• Italic -> Source Code Pro Powerline Italic (not the same font)

Answer 1

If you are on Mac, you can remove (or disable) other font variants in the Font Book app. I left only Fira Code Light, restarted IDEA and got it working. A not ideal solution, but at least the fonts are now thin together with subpixel antialiasing. I have found related issues on IDEA's youtrack:

• https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-109338
• https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-164392
• https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-92825

Please vote :)