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Sidebar icons look bold/with incorrect width and incorrectly rendered
Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes (I performed a reset of VSCode as a whole)
VS Code Version: 1.95.3
OS Version: Fedora 41.
Steps to Reproduce:
Once you open the Window. It becomes clearly apparent, as shown in the screenshot. I believe it's linked to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/129988#issue-958437012 but I don't seem to be able to see how to fix it. I've tweaked the font rendering of my default distro (Fedora 41) to no avail.
I'm trying to reopen #234493 here, but I was unable to get it reopened, so I'm duplicating it here. Good news is that setting FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=autofitter:no-stem-darkening=1 environment variable as suggested by @xBZZZZ seems to solve it. How can it be made permanent?
Additionally, @deepak1556, where can I check the configuration values of gtk-xft-hinting and gtk-xft-hintstyle?
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does environment variable
FREETYPE_PROPERTIESexist by default for you?
Hi! Didn't see this message.
Yes! printenv throws (among some other stuff) the following: FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=cff:no-stem-darkening=0 autofitter:no-stem-darkening=0. I understand changing the environment variable would fix it, but I worry about the effects it might have over other stuff...
Maybe @deepak1556's solution would be a better thing? I'd rather have a clean solution than a dirty workaround hack...
try running vs code with --enable-features=FontationsFontBackend command line agrument
How can I make it permanent?
I don't know. I use shell scripts to start vscodium and other electron programs:
#!/usr/bin/dash
exec /path/to/codium \
--force-color-profile=srgb \
--enable-features=FontationsFontBackend