[Linux] VSCode does not follow system regulated font rendering settings

[huypn12]

OS: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, updated 02 Okt, 2020
VSCode: 1.49.2

Suddenly with the last update of VSCode, I noticed that VSCode does not follow my system font rendering settings. Specifically speaking, somehow VSCode decides to disable font hinting (hint none) rather than using the system-wide regulated slight hinting. I capture the image from Konsole and VSCode to compare; if one zoom in, one can see that VSCode produce "blurrer font" than Konsole, which follows the system settings.

System font settings:
Antialiasing: true
Autohinting: false
Hinting: hintslight
RGB mode: rgb
LCD: lcddefault

[alexdima]

VS Code is built with Electron, which is built with Chromium. All font rendering in the editor area is delegated to Chromium. I believe this is an upstream issue with Chromium, can you please test how this font renders in Chromium?

[huypn12]

That is right. Chromium does not follow system font settings. It uses the system default font, but forces no hinting on rendering.

[alexdima]

Please create an issue or find an existing one at the Chromium project and link to it here -- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list

[huypn12]

I dont have other operating system here to test (to be sure it is not due to Suse's build system). Can someone with Ubuntu or Debian confirm this error?

[VitVS]

Can someone with Ubuntu or Debian confirm this error?

Yes, it looks very bad, developers, please return as it was in 1.48.2

VSCode 1.48.2

VSCode 1.49.3

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa) MATE 1.24.0

[deepak1556]

Can you check if the issue happens with our exploration builds

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