https://github.com/rodrigocfd/vscode-font-patch

An utility to patch a Visual Studio Code installation on Windows, slightly enhancing the font rendering, and fixing the autocomplete icon color.
https://github.com/rodrigocfd/vscode-font-patch

font-rendering rust vscode win32

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An utility to patch a Visual Studio Code installation on Windows, slightly enhancing the font rendering, and fixing the autocomplete icon color.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rodrigocfd/vscode-font-patch
• Owner: rodrigocfd
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-11-06T16:03:50.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: cpp-v3.x
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-03T02:13:40.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-24T19:21:44.956Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: font-rendering, rust, vscode, win32
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 211 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# VSCode Font Patch

A command line utility to patch a Visual Studio Code installation on **Windows**, which does two things:

- slightly enhances the font rendering;

- fixes the autocomplete icon color ([ref](https://stackoverflow.com/q/68321114/6923555)).

## Usage

Close VSCode and run the application.

![Screenshot](screenshot.png)

When opening VSCode again, you will see a warning about a corrupted installation. If you don't ignore it, the changes made by the patch will be reverted.

To revert the patch, simply run VS Code installer again.

## Font comparison before/after patch

* Using Consolas font (original vs. patched)

![Diff Consolas](diff-consolas.png)

* Using Source Code Pro font (original vs. patched)

![Diff Source Code Pro](diff-sourcecodepro.png)

## Dependencies

This project is written in C++20 and uses [WinDlg](https://github.com/rodrigocfd/windlg) library, assuming it's in a parallel directory.

## License

Licensed under [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT), see [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) for details.