source : https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/35675 Create fontconfig.conf and put this file in /usr/share/code/fontconfig.conf <?xml version=’1.0′?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM ‘fonts.dtd’> <fontconfig> <!– Force RGBA subpixel aliasing to «none» in code and code-insiders –> <match target=”pattern”> <or> <test name=”prgname”> <string>code</string> </test> <test name=”prgname”> <string>code-insiders</string> </test> </or> <edit name=”rgba” mode=”assign”> <const>none</const> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> Symlink file to /etc/fonts/conf.d/99-vscode.conf