title: Configuring Powerline fonts in vim on Mac 10.8
body: <p>I am trying to get the custom fonts from <a href="https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">powerline-fonts</a> to work with <a href="https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline" rel="nofollow noreferrer">powerline</a>. I am running vim 7.4, compiled with Macports, on Mac OS 10.8.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using <a href="https://github.com/gmarik/vundle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">vundle</a> to install <a href="https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline" rel="nofollow noreferrer">powerline</a> (and other tools not shown here):</p>
  
  <pre><code>set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/vundle/
  call vundle#rc()
  Bundle 'gmarik/vundle'
  Bundle 'Lokaltog/powerline', {'rtp': 'powerline/bindings/vim/'}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've downloaded the <a href="https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">powerline-fonts</a> repo, and successfully installed the fonts into Font Book. I then added the following to <code>vimrc</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>set encoding=utf8
  set termencoding=utf8
  set guifont=Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ for\ Powerline:h14
  let g:Powerline_symbols='unicode'
  set t_Co=256
  set laststatus=2
  set noshowmode
  set fillchars+=stl:\ ,stlnc:\
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, when I run vim, I am greeted with box symbols instead of arrows, as shown below (taken from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15250147/vim-powerline-lokaltogs-weird-characters-in-macvim">this SO question</a>).</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wKHYl.png" alt="Image of Box symbols in vim with powerline"></p>
  
  <p>I have tried to switch the fonts around, and have used all of the fonts available from <a href="https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts" rel="nofollow noreferrer">powerline-fonts</a>, but there is never any difference. In fact, changing <code>guifont</code> to <code>Wingdings:h14</code> has no effect.</p>
  
  <p>How do I check that vim can support powerline? How may I get fonts working correctly? Thanks.</p>