set gvim font in .vimrc file

I use the following (Uses Consolas size 11 on Windows, Menlo Regular size 14 on Mac OS X and Inconsolata size 12 everywhere else):

if has("gui_running")  if has("gui_gtk2")    set guifont=Inconsolata\ 12  elseif has("gui_macvim")    set guifont=Menlo\ Regular:h14  elseif has("gui_win32")    set guifont=Consolas:h11:cANSI  endifendif

Edit: And while you're at it, you could take a look at Coding Horror's Programming Fonts blog post.

Edit²: Added MacVim.

Try setting your font from the menu and then typing

:set guifont?

This should display to you the string that Vim has set this option to. You'll need to escape any spaces.

I am trying to set this in .vimrc file like below

For GUI specific settings use the .gvimrc instead of .vimrc, which on Windows is either $HOME\_gvimrc or $VIM\_gvimrc.

Check the :help .gvimrc for details. In essence, on start-up VIM reads the .vimrc. After that, if GUI is activated, it also reads the .gvimrc. IOW, all VIM general settings should be kept in .vimrc, all GUI specific things in .gvimrc. (But if you do no use console VIM then you can simply forget about the .vimrc.)

set guifont=Consolas\ 10

The syntax is wrong. After :set guifont=* you can always check the proper syntax for the font using :set guifont?. VIM Windows syntax is :set guifont=Consolas:h10. I do not see precise specification for that, though it is mentioned in the :help win32-faq.