How to Install and Use Fira Code Font — VSCode on Ubuntu

Fira Code: is a monospaced font with programming ligatures.

But what are font ligatures? Developers use a lot of sequencial symbols in programming, for example: => , <= and !==. The font ligatures will basically transform visuallly this multiple characteres into just one, they will have a different look, maybe more beautiful than the normal look of the separated symbols.

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Installing the Font

In the most recent Ubuntu versions the Fira Code font is included in the official repository, you can just install using the command below:

sudo apt install fonts-firacode

Follow the Next 4 Steps To Set Fira Code on VSCode

1 — Open the command pallet with the shortcut “ctrl + shift + p”.

2 — Search for “Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)” and open it.

3 — Add the following lines in the the JSON file.

"editor.fontFamily": "'Fira Code'",
"editor.fontLigatures": true

4 — Restart VSCode

Now, your VSCode is using the Fira Code font.