[Bug]: Regular looking Bold in VS Code MacOS

[santigarcor]

Edition

Basic (Personal)

What version are you using?

2.012

What type of weights are you using?

Default (non-customized)

Operating system

Mac OS Sonoma 14.3

Program

VScode

Display resolution

1920x1080

What happened?

I just moved from a linux laptop to a macbook pro. I'm using the same display, an LG FHD, but for some reason the font looks like if it were bold, but i'm using the regular font: This is how it looks on linux:

And this is how it looks on Mac OS:

I didn't have this issue in linux

[okonet]

Font rendering algorithms are very different on every OS. On a Mac there are some know issues related to font smoothing making fonts look bolder.

Check this out: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/442167/how-to-fix-blurry-fonts-on-external-monitor-m1-mac-mini

This is a great article on the matter too: https://tonsky.me/blog/monitors/

I would try increasing the font size a be it and experimenting with those hidden settings on Mac.

[sonulohani]

Font rendering algorithms are very different on every OS. On a Mac there are some know issues related to font smoothing making fonts look bolder.

Check this out: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/442167/how-to-fix-blurry-fonts-on-external-monitor-m1-mac-mini

This is a great article on the matter too: https://tonsky.me/blog/monitors/

I would try increasing the font size a be it and experimenting with those hidden settings on Mac.

Maybe this can go in FAQ in website

[okonet]

Did it help you mitigate the issue? If yes, what part specifically?

[santigarcor]

In my case disabling font soothing together with better display made it more bearable, but in the end I bought a 4k monitor but still without font smoothing