

On the right side, you can change whatever properties you like. On the left side, you have a read-only section of the editor’s default settings. I like the way VSCode has you edit your settings. You will then be prompted with the installer dialogue for the font. The font has awesome programming ligatures for greater-than, less-than, not-equal-to, arrows, etc. i vs j, 1 vs l vs I, O vs 0).Īnother cool alternative is Fira Code (recommended by my colleague Dave Wasmer). It is important to choose a font that can easily differentiate between similar looking characters (e.g. The font is very customizable you can choose different variations of a, g, i, 0,, etc. I like to use the Input font with Deja Vu / Menlo style. Programming is a lot more reading than writing, so you will want to have a font that is very legible.
