Glacier Black & White

Glacier Black & White is a sleek, colorful theme duo for Visual Studio Code, inspired by the Sublime Text theme Glacier by Joey Figaro. Featuring the bold Glacier Black and its daytime alter-ego Glacier White, this theme provides a cohesive, vibrant experience day or night.

About

Glacier Black & White stems from my long-time love for the Glacier color scheme. Daniel Imms and Kal ported Glacier to VS Code, but their versions left the UI unstyled, so I created Glacier Black to fully theme the interface using Glacier's newer palette. Now, Glacier White joins it, flipping the same palette into a light scheme with a tweak to the yellows for visibility.

Installation

To install Glacier Black & White in Visual Studio Code:

1. Click the Extensions button in the sidebar.
2. Search for Glacier Black & White.
3. Click Install.
4. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P), search for Color Theme, and pick Glacier Black or Glacier White.

Recommended Settings

Enhance your experience with these VS Code settings. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P), select Open User Settings (JSON), and paste the following. These tweaks optimize the themes and reflect my personal VS Code preferences. Note: the ligature codes are specific to Fira Code.

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "FiraCode Nerd Font, Fira Code",
  "editor.fontLigatures": "'cv02', 'ss01', 'zero', 'ss03', 'cv18', 'cv29', 'cv30', 'ss09', 'cv06', 'ss04'",
  "editor.renderControlCharacters": true,
  "editor.renderFinalNewline": "dimmed",
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "boundary",
  "editor.rulers": [100],
  "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": true,
  "editor.wordWrap": "off",
  "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
  "files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
  "terminal.integrated.cursorBlinking": true,
  "terminal.integrated.cursorStyle": "line",
  "terminal.integrated.cursorWidth": 2,
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "FiraCode Nerd Font, Fira Code",
  "terminal.integrated.fontLigatures.enabled": true,
  "terminal.integrated.fontLigatures.featureSettings": "'cv02', 'ss01', 'zero', 'ss03', 'cv18', 'cv29', 'cv30', 'ss09', 'cv06', 'ss04'",
  "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Glacier Black",
  "workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme": "Glacier Black",
  "workbench.preferredLightColorTheme": "Glacier White"
}

Font Recommendation

Pair Glacier Black & White with the Nerd Font version of Fira Code for the best look. Nerd Fonts add glyphs such as powerline symbols and icons to existing fonts.

Color Palette

This palette powers both Glacier Black and Glacier White. Glacier White flips the lighter and darker colors in most places. In some cases, the lighter yellow color (#F7EF9C) did not have enough contrast with the lighter backgrounds in Glacier White, so I introduced a richer golden color (#C4A010) there.

Thanks!

Thanks for checking out Glacier Black & White! Tweak the settings to your taste and enjoy coding in style. Please let me know if you have any feedback!

Acknowledgements

Big thanks to:

• Joey Figaro for the original Glacier theme.
• Daniel Imms and Kal for their ports.
• Sarah Drasner for her Night Owl theme, which guided my approach.