Alternatives to Visual Studio 2013?

You should try to fix the corrupted WPF font cache issue first. Google says delete the font cache and reinstall video card drivers, should recreate clean ones for you.

Epic Unreal Build Tools now add the ton of engine source and header directories to your project solution for easy jump to definition,… out of the box. At least while you’re trying out UE, using what everyone else uses will probably move you along fastest.

I use VsVim extension to stay with VS.