# Formatting problems with Greek letters julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-problems-with-greek-letters-julia/123627>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-problems-with-greek-letters-julia/123627 "2024-12-09T16:16:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hani.G](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/hani.g/32/214028_2.png) [@Hani.G](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hani.G)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-problems-with-greek-letters-julia/123627/1 "2024-12-09T16:16:29Z")

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Hello everyone!

Config: vscode; Win11-64bits; JuliaMono (Release v0.058)

I would like to know if anyone else has had to deal with a problem with Greek letters font formatting and how to solve it, if you know of any solution. When I invoke \alpha, for example, it appears very small and with a white (or blue?) outline in the formatting box. This makes the code unreadable and very confusing. To identify the letter, I have to use a large fontSize.

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-problems-with-greek-letters-julia/123627/2 "2024-12-09T17:46:17Z")

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One possibility: there are some options in VSCode that determine how Unicode glyphs are highlighted (to allow people who prefer ASCII-only text to find and eliminate Unicode characters). Search settings for Unicode Highlight perhaps…

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-problems-with-greek-letters-julia/123627/3 "2024-12-09T19:05:03Z")

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> [@cormullion](#):
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> are some options in VSCode that determine how Unicode glyphs are highlighted

> **[Visual Studio Code November 2021](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_63#_unicode-highlighting)**
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> Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code November 2021 Release (1.63)

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**Author:** ![Hani.G](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/hani.g/32/214028_2.png) [@Hani.G](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hani.G)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/formatting-problems-with-greek-letters-julia/123627/4 "2024-12-09T20:30:30Z")

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That was exactly it. Thank you very much! In detail: the solution for the problem in Json format is:

“editor.unicodeHighlight.ambiguousCharacters”: false,

Another option is to open the settings (Ctrl + ,), search for Unicode Highlight and search for: “unicode Highlight: ambiguousCharacters”, and uncheck the option;