How to specify bold font in VS Code editor?

Question

How to specify a bold font in VS Code\'s settings.json? For example, I have Envy Code R and Envy Code R Bold (exact names

Answer 1

This is a bug with Atom: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/3790

A workaround is to strip spaces and add a hyphen between the font name and the weight.

Envy Code R Bold == EnvyCodeR-Bold

ref: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/381#issuecomment-163356103

Answer 2

Alternative way:

On MAC go to Code -> Preferences -> Settings or press shortcut CMD + ,

In search bar just write font and you should find:

Editor: Font Weight

And from there you can choose your font weight from 100 to 900

Answer 3

In your settings.json .vscode add this line:

"editor.fontWeight": "bold"