How to use a downloaded TrueType font with Emacs and Vim under Windows 7?

Question

I downloaded the DejaVu font, and installing the TrueType (.ttf) files to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts enabled me to use them in EmEditor.

How can I make Vim and Emacs to use this font as the default?

Answer 1

VIM

From http://www.netlinxinc.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=2:

The Windows version of VIM that I am using is the Win-32 console and OLE GVIM flavor. Assuming you took the defaults during the installation of the program, you will find the VIM init file in the %DRIVE%\Program Files\Vim called _vimrc. Edit this file and add a line that looks like the following:

set guifont=Lucida_Console:h10

This will use the Lucida Console font in size 10 regular. You can use other fonts, sizes and settings. The syntax is basically:

set guifont=font-family:size:style

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Emacs

Set

(set-default-font "XLFD")

in your .emacs file where XLFD is the X Logical Font Description. How to get that is described here: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Fonts-and-text-translation.html#Fonts-and-text-translation