Cascadia Code Light Italic doesn't work in Visual Studio 2026
Author: MrDixionerCreated Apr 21, 2026Updated Sep 2, 2026
Cascadia family version
2407.024
Cascadia family variant(s)
Cascadia Code (the version with ligatures)
Font file format(s)
.ttf (variable)
Platform
Windows 10 x64
Other Software
Visual Studio 2026 (18.5.0)
What happened?
In Visual Studio 2026's font settings, when setting italic font style anywhere in the text editor, including all code, it doesn't work. However, if you set the font style to normal, italic font style displays perfectly. This is even more surprising, as Microsoft sets Cascadia Code as the default font for Studio, yet it also causes problems with light font styles.
Source: microsoft/cascadia-code