Re: Strange font rendering in gVIM 7.3 in Unix

On 13/12/11 06:00, Jerry wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Tony. I will experiment with that.
> Also I noticed the color scheme is not loaded right.
> With the same color scheme specified, what showed up in VIM7.2 is
> different from what is showed up in VIM7.3. Like in the examples of my
> first post.
> Do you happen to have an idea what maybe wrong?

No I don't.

Best regards,
Tony.

>
>
>
> On Dec 12, 8:41 pm, Tony Mechelynck<antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On 13/12/11 03:24, Jerry wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Tony.
>>> I was able to set the font Bitstream\ Vera\ Sans\ Mono\ 11 etc as
>>> suggested by the wikia. but I was not able to specify the font I
>>> wanted.
>>> Do you know why GTK2 can only find a subset of the fonts? thanks.
>>
>> GTK2 ought to be able to find all the fonts installed on your computer,
>> but it names them differently than GTK1.
>>
>> Try
>>
>> :set gfn=*
>>
>> which will give you a dialog where you can choose any installed font as
>> your 'guifont'.
>>
>> *Warning* In gvim with GTK2 GUI, you can select a proportional font, but
>> it will look ugly, with too much blank space around thin letters like i
>> or l, and/or too little room around thick ones like m or M, especially
>> if "thin" letters happen next to each other as in 'illit' or "thick"
>> ones as in "Hmmmm...".
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tony.
>> --
>> hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
>> 241. You try to look for Net Search even when you're in File Manager.
>

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