gVim printing in Fixedsys font - hpaluch/hpaluch.github.io GitHub Wiki

Windows GUI vim (gVim) by defaults prints using Courier New font which is a bit hard to read.

To switch to Fixedsys font do this:

• Install vector Fixedsys TTF font:
  • Download it from https://github.com/GalenEvil/Cataclysm-DDA-1/raw/master/data/font/fixedsys.ttf
  • Double-click to show font viewer
  • click on Install
• now open gVim with your favorite text to print
• set this option to change printing font:

  :set pfn=FixedsysTTF:h10 
  

And then print something from gVim (for example to Microsoft PDF of BullZip PDF and see the difference :-)

To make your changes persistent, just create file %USERPROFILE%\_gvimrc with content:

" use FixedsysTTF font for printing instead of Courier_New
:set pfn=FixedsysTTF:h10 

-hp