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I have already installed vim-powerline in vim using vundle, but I am having trouble installing any of the pre-patched powerline fonts in the Lokaltog/powerline-fonts github repo. When I download one of the fonts, I double click the file, but instead of the fontbook preview window with the option to install popping up, fontbook opens up like it normally would if selected from the applications directory. I also tried to validate the font file, but fontbook gives me the white x/red stop sign symbol and says there is something wrong with the file. The option to install was there, however, so I installed it. The file ended up in /Library/Fonts/ but it would still never show up in fontbook. I am trying to select this downloaded font in my terminal window text settings, but even after this install it still won't show up in the options to change font in the terminal text settings. I've seen a bunch of information online of getting vim to recognize the already installed fonts, but haven't found anyone with this particular issue yet. Is this a mavericks issue, or am I missing something. Any help is really appreciated.
SherMM
Posted 2014-05-03T22:37:52.227
Reputation: 131
What font exactly? What file did you try to open? "says there is something wrong with the file" what does it say exactly? Any reason why you ask here and not there?
– romainl – 2014-05-04T13:48:09.500I wasn't sure if this was a problem with powerline. Actually, I don't think it is. I have found other people online complaining about adding new fonts to font book in Mavericks. I am trying to add Inconsolata for powerline. – SherMM – 2014-05-04T16:11:41.933
When I try to add this font took by double clicking it after download, I see some transparent windows flash across the screen quickly, but never fully appear. Then, the font book application opens up, with no information about the new font. So, I go to the font book menu and try to validate the font. When I find inconsolata and click to validate it, a screen pops up with an error that says: "1 serious error was found. Do not use this font." – SherMM – 2014-05-04T16:12:27.097
I can still install it by checking the box next to the font, but it never shows up to be selected in font book. It isn't an option in fonts for terminal.app either. It is installed to the /Library/Fonts directory. – SherMM – 2014-05-04T16:12:42.400