My Favorite FREE VS Code Font in 2022 - Install and Setup with FONT LIGATURES!

My favorite VS Code font is completely FREE and has support for fancy Font Ligatures. In this video, I'll show you how to download and install Cascadia Code as well as configure it to be used inside of VS Code. Lastly, I'll show you how to enable font ligatures so that you can really style up your VS Code editor.

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QUESTIONS...?

[boskameel]

Used Dank Mono for few users, now using Source Code Pro. Love it!

[RodrigoDAgostino]

If VSCode is open while you add a new font to your system, you need to restart VSCode to be able to make use of the newly added font. That’s why it wasn’t showing when you set it in the configuration. Cascadia Code looks nice, but I’m sticking to JetBrains Mono NL :)

[yashiel]

I was thinking how other people code look like an art. hehe now I know what to do. thanks james.

[krccmsitp]

After trying a couple of programmer fonts I ended up with "JetBrains Mono". And yes, I like and use the ligatures.

[ste-fa-no]

Oh, and always interested on more Svelte content! 🎉

[SeanCassiere]

I'm probably not ready yet to move off of JetBrains Mono just yet, but thanks for introducing me to a new font for the future.

[Knards]

The ligatures look very much like Fira code, but the Cascadia Code font itself is nicer. Cascadia Code is provided in Windows

[bjunte]

Hey James, I just wanted to ask when the first Everything Svelte Modules will be available, I can’t wait to get my hands on them! 😊

[tjcalabroso]

Thanks for this James. Great tutorial!

[tekskilldev]

Thanks James, I have been with you for some time. Just changed my font-family to Cascadia Code and did not have to do anything. When looked in JSON settings the ligature was already turned on true. Great suggestion.

[billiardoxx]

Seriously "VictorMono Nerd Font" is the best free font, IMHO

[pranavrr]

What's is the theme that you use?

[mbparvezme]

Tried a lot of fonts and got JetBrains Mono as a perfect match.

[sumit]

which theme is this ? can you name it ??

[peraknezevic]

I tried it, Fira Code still looks better

[nischalofchrist]

After trying several different fonts for vscode I have finally settled for Hasklig (Medium). But for whatever reason I cannot seem to move away from the default Jetbrains mono for Intellij Idea.

[wtechie]

I recommend Fira Code because it has programming ligatures.

[irahans]

Your syntax errors display as you type, how do you do that?

[Chris-gzie]

Just left Vscode and went to neovim and configured it in Lua I honestly feel like it's definitely given me a speed boost and I feel more productive using it I love how I never have to touch my mouse or my track pad or the arrow keys it's truly amazing I didn't understand the hype on neovim until using it although the learning curve is kinda high

[ste-fa-no]

I use ligatures since I knew of them (FiraCode, then Cascadia) and I think they really improve my readability 🤓
I wonder if people with dyslexia find them better or worse 😮