Set MacVim default font

Question

How to set the default font for MacVim?

I tried to add the following line

set guifont = Monaco:h12 

into one of the following files:

 ~/.vimrc ~/.gvimrc ~/Applications/MacVim/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/vimrc ~/Applications/MacVim/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/gvimrc ~/Applications/MacVim/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/.vimrc ~/Applications/MacVim/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/.gvimrc 

I restarted MacVim, but it still won’t set the default font. What did I miss?

UPDATE: I can execute the set guifont at runtime, and it works fine. It doesn't seem to just read my boot files.

Answer 1

Put this in .gvimrc :

 set guifont=Monaco:h12 

Note the absence of spaces around the equal sign.

Answer 2

If you need to install a font with spaces in the name, use a backslash in .gvimrc :

 set guifont=Fira\ Code:h12 

Answer 3

The most complete answer should be the following:

 set guifont=Source\ Code\ Pro\ ExtraLight:h18 

I looked around, and every answer and tutorial that I found did not indicate how to install the font.

After manually adjusting the font using the Font window, if you don’t know exactly what to type:

 :set guifont 

This will show you the exact string value you need to put in your .vimrc file, including the font.

Answer 4

Attach my font settings.

 " - font type and size setting. if has('win32') set guifont=Consolas:h12 " Win32. elseif has('gui_macvim') set guifont=Monaco:h14 " OSX. else set guifont=Monospace\ 12 " Linux. endif 

Answer 5

If you're on a Mac, add these lines to your ~/.vimrc :

 set gfn=Monaco:h13 set linespace=2 

Answer 6

To deal with not only English characters, you can put this in your .vimrc file ( guifontwide deals with Chinese characters):

 if has("gui_running") set guifont=Consolas:h14 set guifontwide=Hiragino\ Sans\ GB set linespace=2 endif