MacType VSCode hack

UPDATE: The latest version of MacType supports DirectWrite, so you don't need this guide anymore.

For versions 1.16.1 and above

Mactype

• Download and install Mactype.
• Download and install MactypePatch, from the user silight. This patches MacType to also intercept DirectWrite hooks.

The blog can be found here.

For versions beloe 1.16.1

This guide no longer works as of vscode-1.18.0 due to the latest version of Chromium dropping support for the --disable-directwrite flag. Consider switching to Sublime Text or not updating

This guide works as of mactype-1.2017.628.0 and vscode-1.16.1, both on x64.

Flags

Mactype can be found here.

VSCode requires the following flags to be passed for MacType to work correctly:

--disable-lcd-text
--disable-gpu
--disable-directwrite-for-ui
--disable-font-antialiasing

You can pass these in two ways.

Shortcut

Add them to the shortcut, like this:

Inside the settings.json

Add the settings to your settings.json file.

Inside this repository is a copy of my user-specific settings.json with the require flags.