Hi ,
sometimes VS 2026 (for unknown reasons) can't find cascadia mono font with the message something like "visual studio can't access the font cascadia mono , right now we are using a default system font . restarting your os might help fix this issue"
as far as this font widely hardcoded in freeair sources the app won't function except for windows where this font is not hardcoded. for instance ChooseModelToolWindow . This window will work , chat or control center won't.
Steps to reproduce:
Remove or rename the Cascadia Code font from the system.
Try to open Control Center or Choose Model window.
possible solution
easy fix :
solution wide replacement " FontFamily="Cascadia Code" -> "" ( i tried it and it fixes the problem immidiately) , but in my opinion this changes are too wide to put it in a PR , so I'm leaving this for a project team :)
tia
ish
p.s This is not a rare problem. A quick Google search shows many users have encountered missing Cascadia fonts in Visual Studio for several years
https://www.google.com/search?q=visual+studio+can%27t+access+the+font+cascadia+mono+%2C+right+now+we+are+using+a+default+system
Hi ,
sometimes VS 2026 (for unknown reasons) can't find cascadia mono font with the message something like "visual studio can't access the font cascadia mono , right now we are using a default system font . restarting your os might help fix this issue"
as far as this font widely hardcoded in freeair sources the app won't function except for windows where this font is not hardcoded. for instance ChooseModelToolWindow . This window will work , chat or control center won't.
Steps to reproduce:
Remove or rename the Cascadia Code font from the system.
Try to open Control Center or Choose Model window.
possible solution
easy fix :
solution wide replacement " FontFamily="Cascadia Code" -> "" ( i tried it and it fixes the problem immidiately) , but in my opinion this changes are too wide to put it in a PR , so I'm leaving this for a project team :)
tia
ish
p.s This is not a rare problem. A quick Google search shows many users have encountered missing Cascadia fonts in Visual Studio for several years
https://www.google.com/search?q=visual+studio+can%27t+access+the+font+cascadia+mono+%2C+right+now+we+are+using+a+default+system