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I need your help! I am trying to set up a specific font and font size in my ~/.vimrc file using set guifont=Monospace:h15, but nothing is changing no matter if I put 12 or 20 in the size column. I've tried several fonts also, but it seems like changes just not apply - after writing the file and reopening it, size of the font and the font itself stays the same. Also :set guifont=* command doesn't show me anything. Here is my .vimrc file:

set nocompatible filetype off set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim call vundle#begin() Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim' Plugin 'nyngwang/nvimgelion' syntax on set termguicolors set guifont=Monospace:h20 call vundle#end() filetype plugin indent on au BufNewFile, BufRead *.py \ set tabstop=4 \ set softtabstop=4 \ set shiftwidth=4 \ set expandtab \ set autoindent \ set fileformat=unix set laststatus=2 set wrap set encoding=utf-8 vnoremap <C-c> :w !xclip -i -sel c<CR><CR>

How to set up a specific font in my Vim configuration file? Thank you for your help.

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Try:

set guifont=monospace\ 20

AFAIK, that monospace:h20 font specification format only works in vim on windows and mac, not on linux.

BTW, you are trying this in gvim, not vim, right?

vim (without the g prefix) will use whatever font the terminal is configured to use. The guifont setting does nothing.

gvim, being a GUI application, allows you to choose the font.

Finally, you should wrap your GUI settings in a conditional, to prevent them from being executed when running plain vim in a terminal. e.g. here's what I have in my ~/.vimrc:

if has("gui_running") colorscheme torte set guifont=Monospace\ 18 set lines=49 columns=96 " https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Configuring_the_cursor " Disable all blinking: set guicursor+=a:blinkon0 endif
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  • one more thing: stackexchange has a site for asking vi/vim specific questions: vi.stackexchange.com Commented Jun 10 at 6:08
  • Hi cas, thank you for your answer. I use plain Vim and now understand why guifont is not working. I changed the font in my terminal config and it applied to the Vim as well. Also thanks for sharing a part of your .vimrc file. Commented Jun 10 at 8:52

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