Dark+ V2 Italic

A splash of italics added to the new and experimental Dark+ V2 theme added in Visual Studio Code 1.75 in January 2023. Make your script fonts shine! This theme is inspired by Dark++ Italic, a minimal modification of the default theme to add italics to highlight script fonts.

The screenshot below this theme with the "Caskaydia Code" remix of Cascadia Code:

Enabling Script Italics

I recommend Microsoft's Cascadia Code with script italics, patched with Nerd Fonts to add symbols. This font can be found in a fork of Nerd Fonts as "Caskaydia Code" https://github.com/AaronFriel/nerd-fonts/releases.

The set of font ligature options enabled is enabled by setting editor.fontLigatures in settings to include stylistic set 1 ('ss01'). Additional options are available, see the Cascadia Code repository for more.

The settings for this screenshot were:

  "editor.fontFamily": "'CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font', 'Consolas', 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": "'calt', 'ss01', 'ss04', 'ss05', 'ss06', 'salt', 'zero', 'onum'",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.fontWeight": "400",