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I was wondering how to change the font used in gvim to Inconsolata without having the font installed on the system (to C:/Windows/Fonts) I have the font on a usb drive and I want to make vim portable, so I have the 2 files on the usb drive.

How can I use "set guifont=Inconsolata" to make it work without having to install it? I tried "set guifont=D:/Inconsolata.otf" and "set guifont=D:/Inconsolata" but it still doesn't work.

Thanks.

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Sorry, I didn't mean to put this in the wrong place, but I see a lot of VIM questions going around here that aren't closed at all, so I thought this was a suitable place to ask my question. – zero57 Jan 12 at 22:19

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It can't work. Not like that at least.

The font has to be "installed" from the system's (and thus Vim's) point of view.

On Windows XP, you can "install" a font without admin privileges following this method:

  1. Navigate to C:\WINDOWS\Fonts.

  2. File → Install…

  3. Choose the font on your USB stick.

  4. Uncheck Copy….

  5. Hit OK.

I have no idea if/how you can do it on Vista/7/8.

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Ah, I see, that's unfortunate. Thanks anyways though! – zero57 Jan 12 at 22:18
How is that unfortunate? – romainl Jan 12 at 22:26
The fact that he can't use it from the USB, he has to install it first. – Eduan Jan 13 at 0:37
It takes less than 1 minute. – romainl Jan 13 at 15:56

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