Workbench font customization support in VSCodium

[setanarut]

Proposal: Official workbench font customization support in VSCodium

Changing the VSCodium (or VSCode) workbench font currently requires modifying internal workbench CSS files, which is fragile and gets reverted on updates.

For example, users are forced to patch the following file manually:

/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.css

With a CSS override like:

/* Overrides workbench font across all platforms */
.monaco-workbench { font-family: "JetBrains Mono" !important; } 

Given the long-standing upstream discussion in microsoft/vscode#519, VSCodium could provide an official, supported way to customize the workbench font, either at build time or post-build (e.g. a stable override mechanism).

This would eliminate the need for patching internal files and offer a maintainable, user-controlled solution across all platforms.

I am using VSCodium with JetBrains Mono via this method and have not experienced any side effects so far. I’m satisfied with the result.

[daiyam]

I agree.

Also, there is the PR #2626 about the font size. If you can give your feedback, it would be great.

[setanarut]

Here's an example screenshot.