Alexander Stepanov wrote:
How to use non-monospace in gVim? Only monospace fonts are displayed
in font list.
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If you use the cygwin version of 'gvim', and use the 'X11'
display, you'll be able to use variable spaced fonts. That's not
to say that they look 'great' A slightly better implementation is
using gvim on a linux box that has it's X11 character display built
with 'Pango', which can do a better (though still not ideal) job
of displaying proportional fonts.
One reason it does better is that it can allow the user
to specify what algorithm to use in displaying characters, based on
what font and the size of the font. It's a complex subject -- and while
the display of such characters isn't ideal, it has improved over the
situation, say 5-10 years ago. It may just be a matter of time before
it improves enough to make it legible.
Some tty-based programs do a better job of using proportional fonts
than others. It depends on the program.
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