Hey team, sorry for the delay!
A weekend got in the way, but I’d have jumped on by Monday on this (had I not spotted this today).
I’m surprised to hear that the rendering of themes has changed in v1.0. I’m not aware of any changes we made that should affect this.
To clarify, is this just on Windows, or is anyone seeing this on any other platforms?
If anyone can screenshot the difference between Cursor and VS Code here, that’d be super helpful!
Hi, as you can see above, there are several screenshots from windows and macos as well
thanks 
Suffering with the same issue. Also made a thread about this before finding this thread.
The only screenshots above are from MacOS but are apparently showing the same colours as before.
Here are some screenshots. I sent these to Cursor support at [email protected] 6 days ago but haven’t heard back.
VS Code (or Cursor before 1.x release)
Cursor
Please check this sir
Hey all, thanks for the reports here!
There’s obviously something weird going on here, so I’ve flagged this to the team to look into!
Appreciate everyone jumping in and investigating this for us 
Issue still persists in
Version: 1.1.3 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 979ba33804ac150108481c14e0b5cb970bda3260
Date: 2025-06-15T06:55:04.603Z
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
Me too, but its really interesting that i have version 1.1.2 and with no new updates
did you guys find a solution? this is killing my eyes 
I have the same issues with the Horizon Italic marketplace theme on Windows 11 and its driving me crazy. There is no subpixel rendering and all the colours, even the background, appear slightly darker and less vibrant. VS Code with the same theme has none of these issues.
As mentioned above from me, you could adjust font weight/boldness on editor itself (via settings - i have 500 / 600) or play with textMateRules, you will see it in this topic in my answers.
But its just workround/hotfix until this is resolved - if it ever is :((
Really bad on Cursor’s part. I literally pay for this (others a lot more) and all they have to do is keep it 1:1 with VSCode!
Issue still persists in update
Version: 1.1.5 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: ef5eeb47a684b4c217dfaf0463aa7ea952f8ab90
Date: 2025-06-21T05:31:17.701Z
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
| - | - |
|---|---|
| Edition | Windows 11 Pro |
| Version | 24H2 |
| Installed on | 08-02-2025 |
| OS build | 26100.4349 |
| Experience | Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.107.0 |
Yes, I can confirm that. I made a short video, the font is OK for a while and after 1-2s it gets “thinner”.
Oh yeah, it’s really bothering me now.
it looks much better now, thank u
Hey, have things improved in an update, or is it one of the workarounds above that has improved things for you? We’ve not yet been able to find a root cause for this change in rendering behaviors yet!
When I first started using Cursor, the syntax highlighting would dim only when there was a tab jump or a popup in the editor (like a cursor update). That actually worked well as feedback. But now, it stays dim all the time.
It’s okay that you can’t find it, as long as you try. Did you see my last video (2 posts above you, there is a really strange thing to see …)
That’s disappointing news. I’m still having issues with font rendering
Version: 1.1.6 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 5b19bac7a947f54e4caa3eb7e4c5fbf832389850
Date: 2025-06-25T02:20:02.577Z
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
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
Installed on 08-02-2025
OS build 26100.4349
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.107.0