Consolas font rendered narrower than Sublime Text one

[evandrocoan]

• VSCode Version: 1.14.1
• OS Version: Windows 10 build 15063

The font Consolas 15pt with "window.zoomLevel": 1.1, is rendered narrowed, comparing to Sublime Text with the same font size:

VSCode 1.14.1

Sublime Text build 3141

Notepad++ 7.4.1

From these screenshots we may notice the VSCode fonts are a little less weaker than the Sublime Text one. They give the impression VSCode is saving "paint" to draw the lines. From the 3 images, the VSCode is the worst of them. Where Sublime Text is only a little stronger than Notepad++.

How make the VSCode font stronger as the Sublime Text one?

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set the setting "editor.fontSize": 15,
2. Set the setting "window.zoomLevel": 1.1,
3. Create the text file:

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- VSCode Version: 1.14.1: 
- OS Version: Windows 10 build 15063

Add border options to `selectionBackground` and `findMatchBackground`. 

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[alexdima]

I believe Chromium uses only DirectWrite when rendering fonts.

[hronro]

[alexdima]

This is an upstream issue (possibly within Chromium), and there are no known workarounds that we could implement on our side. This means there is no possible code change for us to do in VS Code sources to improve things.

To keep the number of issues in our inbox at a manageable level, we’re closing issues that have been on the backlog for a long time but haven’t gained traction or that are not actionable. Thank you for your time and understanding.