As of now, it's so horrible I can't use the product. Font rendering in Atom or Sublime is so much better.From what I understand this is because of their usage of java swing. But looking at fonts is what we do all day and I can't have them to look like shit.
I will try the latest version out!
EDIT: How do I start it with that version?
^ Tested on Webstorm and IntelliJ.
Will post configs when I get home. (I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity 7 and the latest updates)
Left is Intellij, Right is VS Code, same font same size.
Using the latest x64 jdk release on bintray, it's remarkably close for a swing based app.
And having said that, I actually prefer fixed non-anti-aliased, in fact very pixelish "Anonymous Pro 8" everywhere.
Left is Atom, right is Intellij and I think it's much better now than before when I installed Oracle JDK
Somehow I've got really used to fixed-width font for almost anywhere, and seeing each pixel actually makes it somehow more readable to me.