Guido Milanese wrote:
[...]
Important: use a font with a decently complete set of chars. In Linux you
should be able to use Gentium, I believe, but personaly I prefer a fixed font
and use "Bitstream\ Vera\ Sans\ Mono" with excellent results.
[...]
Except in the GTK+2 version of gvim, variable-vidth fonts are simply not
permitted.
In the GTK+2 version, any font is permitted, but anything other than a
monospaced font will look ugly, because the character cell has a fixed size in
Vim, so narrower glyphs will get extra space between them (bad), and wider
glyphs will get clipped at the character cell edge (worse).
Yes, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is a good-looking font. For any language whose
glyphs are not present, try Courier New if it exists on your system. It is not
so good-looking but it has a large number of different alphabets. Not CJK
double-width glyphs though.
Best regards,
Tony.
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