font italic not working in Visual Studio Code with Cascadia Code font

[ullaskunder3]

Cascadia family version

CascadiaCode-2111.01

Cascadia family variant(s)

Cascadia Code (the version with ligatures)

Font file format(s)

.ttf (variable), .ttf (static)

Platform

Fedora Linux 38 (64)

Other Software

Visual studio code 1.79.0

What happened?

• Summary: I am encountering an issue where the italic font style and font ligatures are not working in Visual Studio Code when using the Cascadia Code font.

• Reproducible Steps:

  • Install the Cascadia Code font .zip on Fedora Linux. Launch Visual Studio Code.
  • Open a code file that includes italicized text and font ligatures, such as JavaScript or HTML.
  • Set "editor.fontFamily": "'Cascadia Code', Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace", in the settings.json file.
  • Enable font ligatures with "editor.fontLigatures": "'calt', 'ss01'", in the settings.json file.
  • Save the file and observe the rendering.
  • Expected Behavior: font ligatures (e.g., "=>", "===", etc.) to be displayed correctly as merged characters working, When using the Cascadia Code font, I expect text in an italic font style to be rendered as italic thats what not working 🤔,

• Actual Behavior: Instead of displaying text in an italic font style, the font renders it as regular non-italic text.

[ullaskunder3]

OK, so have to manually configure it right ?

I tried something and its working,

  "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
    "textMateRules": [
      {
        "scope": [
          "comment",
          "keyword",
          "storage.modifier",
          "storage.type.class.js",
          "storage.type.js",
          "variable.language.this.js",
          "variable.parameter.js",
        ],
        "settings": {
          "fontStyle": "italic"
        }
      },
      {
        "scope": [
          "keyword.control.conditional",
          "keyword.operator"
        ],
        "settings": {
          "fontStyle": ""
        }
      }
    ]
  },