Kerning changed in 2.0

[klaasgeldof]

What happened to the kerning in version 2? I've been using version 1 for a long time. Now I installed a new MacBook Pro with Fira Code 2 and I immediately noticed a huge difference in the look of the font in my editor. It looked way worse. At first I didn't know what caused the look, but then I realized it was the kerning which is way looser in version 2.

I was surprised I didn't find any issue about this. Is this intended?

Here you can see a screenshot (both font size 14px):

[jdreesen]

Related: #833

[tonsky]

Yes, it was intended. It shouldn’t have been that dramatic, your editor probably rounds the coordinates to the nearest pixel and it triggered some sort of threshold. Actual change was less that 3% and shouldn’t in theory been noticeable at all.

[klaasgeldof]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately it is very noticeable in Sublime Text, an editor used by millions of people, as well as in all other places I use it for (like iTerm for example).

Will use version 1 for the rest of my life then... :(