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Dark++ Italic

idbartosz

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Enhanced default VScode Dark+ theme with support for italics Fira Code iScript and Fira Code + Operator Mono fonts.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Dark++ Italic Theme

Enhanced VScode Dark+ theme with support for Fira Code iScript and Fira Code + Operator Mono fonts.

Theme Screenshot

Comparison

Screenshot of dummy JavaScript/React { left: Dark++ Italic, right: Dark+(default) }.

Theme Screenshot

Install

IMPORTANT NOTES:


  • Every major update to VSCode needs a re add in workbench.desktop.main.css
  • First change in fresh workbench.desktop.main.css will cause VScode to notify You with corrupt installation warning - just ignore.

[+] Theme installation

In VScode press ctrl/command + p to launch the command palette then run command:

ext install idbartosz.darkpp-italic

[+] Adding support for Fira Code iScript.

  1. Download Fira Code iScript (free) and copy fonts to your OS font folder.
  2. In VScode press ctr + , to open User Settings then add the following options and save changes.
    {
      ...
      "workbench.colorTheme": "Dark++ Italic",
      "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code iScript",
      "editor.fontLigatures": true,
      ...
    }
    
  3. Tweek font appearance by editing VScode internal styles (optional step).
    1. Find in your OS <path to VScode>\resources\app\out\vs\workbench.desktop.main.css
    2. with administrator rights open workbench.desktop.main.css and prepend the style below:
      .mtki {
          font-size: 1.25em;
          font-stretch: ultra-condensed;
      }
      
      /*!--------------------------------------------------------
       * Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
      ...
      
    3. Close and reopen VScode.

[+] Adding support for Fira Code and Operator Mono.

  1. Download Fira Code (free), Operator Mono (paid) and copy fonts to your OS font folder.
  2. In VScode press ctr + , to open User Settings then add the following options and save changes.
    {
      ...
      "workbench.colorTheme": "Dark++ Italic",
      "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code",
      "editor.fontLigatures": true,
      ...
    }
    
  3. Add support for Operator Mono fonts by editing VScode internal styles (required step).
    1. Find in your OS <path to VScode>\resources\app\out\vs\workbench.desktop.main.css
    2. with administrator rights open workbench.desktop.main.css and prepend the style below:
      .mtki {
        font-family: Operator Mono;
      }
      
      /*!--------------------------------------------------------
       * Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
      ...
      
    3. Close and reopen VScode.

Change log

You can take a look at the change log here.

Thanks to

  • @tonsky for Fira Code "monospaced font with programming ligatures"
  • @kencrocken for Fira Code iScript "A font mashup to be used in code editors, displaying a script typeface for the italic font style"
  • all contributors to the topic "Free alternative to Operator Mono Italic Theme for VSCode"
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