Text Font Rendering / Antialiasing issues in recent versions

: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).

: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

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

OK, and where do we get the answer? Iโ€™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 โ€ฆ