Text Font Rendering / Antialiasing issues in recent versions

Bug Reports
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:lady_beetle: Provide a clear description of the bug
Text is not consistent / washed out / thin look among recent versions of Cursor compared with VSCode or older versions of cursor. This is distracting and not good for DX

:counterclockwise_arrows_button: Explain how to reproduce the bug (if known)
Use Monokai theme using the Monokai Pro extension monokai.theme-monokai-pro-vscodein the latest Cursor version. Compare the import keyword with VSCode.

:camera: Attach screenshots or recordings (e.g., .jpg, .png, .mp4).

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:laptop: Tell us your operating system and your Cursor version (e.g., Windows, 0.x.x).

Version: 1.0.0 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 53b99ce608cba35127ae3a050c1738a959750860
Date: 2025-06-04T19:44:25.253Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

:prohibited: Tell us if the issue stops you from using Cursor.

No

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Thanks for the report, we will continue to use this thread here, but I have linked this post to our internal tracker:

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OK, and where do we get the answer? I’ll keep an eye on it, all the solutions mentioned (bolding over the whole editor or playing with the mate keyword are just workarounds and not the point …