How to disable font smoothing in Visual Studio editor?

Question

How can I disable the font smoothing in the text editor of Visual Studio? On some machines I use, this works, but, not in most of them.

The text in the editor on the left is not really sharp. But the font in Windows is.

Answer 1

For those willing to disable anti-aliasing/smooth edges/cleartype on VS Code as of today, there's no official option inside the VS Code program to do it. 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:

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Disable anti-aliasing VSCode Image:

1. Right click on VS Code program and go to Proprieties.

2. In the "target" section of the app, add the following lines: --disable-gpu --enable-use-zoom-for-dsf

3. Apply the changes and that's it.

I hope it's useful.

Answer 2

There is an extension called Text Sharp that allows you to completely disable font smoothing (ClearType) for Visual Studio:

https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7aafa2ea-8c54-4da8-922e-d26bf018514d

I'm using this combined with the Source Code Pro font for very readable code.

Well, the characters are at least readable. The code itself may be a different story. :)