Cascadia-code: Any plans for a lighter weight? (Or am I using it wrong?)

[winzig]

Tried switching to CC in VS Code on macOS, from my previous font of SFMono-Regular, by installing the .ttf into Font Book, and putting 'Cascadia Code' at the beginning of the Font Family box in VS Code.

To my eyes, the font is a bit heavier than what I'd prefer. It seems as though only one weight was installed, "Regular," is that right? If so, any plans to provide lighter weights to choose from?

[thisguychris]

That was my first thought as well, been using Meslo font for a while now. I hope you guys make a thinner version of this, otherwise, it's perfect 👌🏻

[bterlson]

It's a bit too bold for me as well. Previously used FiraCode's light/300 weight (with the NF patch, of course 😁).

[michael-wilson]

+1 on weight, i use Source Sans at 100 and 300 in various, this is great but a tad too thick for VSC (for me)

[ExE-Boss]

I’m used to the thickness of Consolas and Input Mono. (see also: #41)

[musm]

Same. Consolas and Roboto Mono has a great thickness, this new font looks like it's basically bold.

[vittau]

Agreed, I wish there was a light weight. Italic would also be nice for themes that support it (usually meant for Operator Mono style fonts).

[Marco87Developer]

I too would like a lighter version, and the italic too! In the same way of Consolas default font un Visual Studio Code.

[predopredo]

+1 for the lighter weight!
LOVED this font!

[Esteban-Rocha]

+1 I'm finding this font to be quite comfortable, I'm liking it a lot! But It's too bold, it tires me petty quickly so I have to go back to Ligconsolata or Fira.

I think this issue should be one of the top priorities for Cascadia

[predopredo]

+1 I'm finding this font to be quite comfortable, I'm liking it a lot! But It's too bold, it tires me petty quickly so I have to go back to Ligconsolata or Fira.

I think this issue should be one of the top priorities for Cascadia

100% agreed

[codebymiles]

Adding more support for a lighter weight variant more in line with Consolas’ weight.

[GregoryHorvath]

+1 Somehow it's okay in cmd (thought my éá,etc characters are not working) but in VSCode every character is so chunky.

[vuon9]

I got the same problem, then I change Editor: Font Weight to 400 and it seems better (similar with my terminal).

[GregoryHorvath]

I got the same problem, then I change Editor: Font Weight to 400 and it seems better (similar with my terminal).

400 is the default font weight in nearly everything so it shouldn't look any different.

[pedropablo]

+1

It looks chunky on VS2019, and with function names and other stuff with bold it becomes quite hard to read.

[winzig]

Did a little digging and noticed a branch by @cinnamon-msft that adds a roadmap to the bottom of the README file, which indicates they are targeting March 2020 to resolve this.

https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/blob/cinnamon/add-roadmap/README.md#roadmap

[roqvist]

Does anyone have any updates about this repo? It seems that work has halted, no new changes for months. The only reference is the old roadmap which suggests new features in March 2020 which is pretty much over now. It would be good with some official info and probably an updated roadmap.

[zr9]

You can basically use a custom patch via fontforge, just change a value until you satisfied, not the best but working one.

import fontforge

name = 'Cascadia Scaled'

font = fontforge.open('./build/CascadiaCodeTest.ttf')
font.fontname=name
font.familyname=name
font.fullname=name
font.copyright=""
font.selection.all()
font.changeWeight(-50.0)
font.generate('./build/CascadiaCodeScaled.ttf')

[aaronbell]

Hello! Sorry for the radio silence. I've been on paternity leave for several months. 😄

I understand that the Microsoft team will be updating the roadmap here soon, but just wanted to let you know that work is picking back up and the heavy weight of Cascadia Code is top of the list to resolve.

[kameshkotwani]

Any updates on the light version of this beautiful font? Any release date yet?

[cinnamon-msft]

I will update the roadmap soon, but it looks like the font weights will arrive in the June - August 2020 timeframe. 😊

[kameshkotwani]

@cinnamon-msft Thank you :)

[estebandee]

Just installed this alongside the new Terminal. Waiting for lighter weights since it's pretty chunky right now. Good work on the font!