How do I get Visual Studio Code to display italic fonts in formatted code?

Question

How do I configure VS Code to support italic styles, like in this picture?

My current settings:

Answer 1

The following code is fine

{
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.fontFamily": "Operator Mono"
}

You must have Operator Mono installed on your computer for that to work. It can be downloaded here: https://www.typography.com/fonts/operator/styles/ Current price at the time of writing this is $599.00 for one machine.

If you have the fonts installed and have restarted Visual Studio Code, try changing your theme. Some themes do not support the italic style.