All natural pine, faux fur and a bit of soho vibes for the classy minimalist — the VSCode Rosé Pine syntax mapping, recast for Zed without italics.
This is not the official Zed theme with italics switched off. It ports the syntax token-to-color mapping from the VSCode Rosé Pine theme to Zed — which scopes colors differently from the official Zed port (over 20 token scopes remapped, several defined that the Zed port doesn't) — and removes italics from code (retained only on markdown emphasis and AI ghost text). The canonical Rosé Pine palette is unchanged: the Rosé Pine name credits the palette, and Recast marks the reworked syntax mapping.
Because it's a different syntax design rather than a toggle, it ships as a standalone theme alongside — not a replacement for — the official Rosé Pine for Zed.
- Install the Rosé Pine Recast extension from Zed extensions
- Select your desired variant from the theme selection menu
- Rosé Pine Recast
- Rosé Pine Recast Moon
- Rosé Pine Recast Dawn
This theme ships without italics by design. If you'd like italic comments, add a theme_overrides block to your Zed settings.json — it overrides the theme in place, no fork needed:
{
"theme_overrides": {
"Rosé Pine Recast": {
"syntax": {
"comment": { "font_style": "italic" }
}
}
}
}theme_overrides targets one theme at a time — repeat the block for Rosé Pine Recast Moon and Rosé Pine Recast Dawn if you use those variants.
Built on the canonical Rosé Pine palette, with the syntax-color mapping ported from the VSCode Rosé Pine theme. Inspired by the official Rosé Pine for Zed theme. The italic removal and any further tweaks are specific to this variant.