My theme with cursive font setup in vscode for python

install.sh

# For Ubuntu 18.04

# If you dont have one, create personal font dir
mkdir ~/.fonts

# Clone FiraCodeiScript
git clone https://github.com/kencrocken/FiraCodeiScript.git /tmp/FiraCodeiScript
mv /tmp/FiraCodeiScript/*.ttf ~/.fonts

# Rebuild font cache
fc-cache -f -v

settings.json

{
    "editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code iScript",
    "workbench.iconTheme": "eq-material-theme-icons-darker",
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Material Theme Darker High Contrast",
    "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
        "textMateRules": [
            {
                "scope": [
                    "meta.class",
                    "keyword",
                    "storage",
                    "keyword.control"                    
                ],
                "settings": {
                    "fontStyle": "italic"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Good ref: https://www.ankursheel.com/blog/add-cursive-fonts-to-vs-code