notes/.vscode/extensions/eckertalex.borealis-1.0.2

Borealis Theme for VS Code

The theme is designed to be easy on the eyes thus reducing the eye strain. The aurora borealis served as the inspiration for this theme, with it's teal like colors, mixed with violets, pink, greens, and the dark of the night sky in Alaska.

Borealis

Installation

1. Open Extensions sidebar panel in VS Code. View → Extensions
2. Search for Boralis
3. Click Install to install it.
4. Code > Preferences > Color Theme > Borealis

Recommended Settings

{
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Borealis",
  // The Cursive font is Dank Mono, it's 40.00£ and you need to buy it to get the cursive (https://dank.sh/),
  "editor.fontFamily": "'Dank Mono', Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
  "editor.fontSize": 16,
  "editor.lineHeight": 25,
  "editor.letterSpacing": 0.5,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
  "editor.fontWeight": "400",
  "prettier.eslintIntegration": true,
  "editor.cursorStyle": "line",
  "editor.cursorWidth": 3,
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "solid",
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "all"
}

The Font used in the screenshots

The font used in the screenshots is Dank Mono.

Tools

Online Tools used:

• Accessible Colors
• Colorhexa

Credits

This theme was inspired by the themes Cobalt2, Noctis, Lucy, Night Owl.

Logo

Icon made by Freepik from flaticon.com

Borealis Theme in other Applications

• Kitty
• iTerm