I find the default font used in gVim on windows to look primitive and unreadable in comparison with other editors. I am keen to stick with vim, as it is my editor of choice in the *nix world, so can anyone recommend a better font?
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I find the default font used in gVim on windows to look primitive and unreadable in comparison with other editors. I am keen to stick with vim, as it is my editor of choice in the *nix world, so can anyone recommend a better font?
(This question probably belongs on Super User, but since I had the same reaction…)
It’s true, the default font pretty much bites. I use Consolas, which according to Wikipedia is the only standard font on Windows with a slash through the zero. I believe it was specifically designed for use by developers; not sure where I heard that.
This is in my .gvimrc (guarded by platform of course):