Why doesn't gvim set the font correctly?

Question

I am trying to configure gvim font on linux in .vimrc but it produces strange results. To make gvim use "Liberation Mono" I added set guifont=LiberationMono: h12. It gets applied but does not recognize :h12 option and output:

Error detected while processing /home/tastyminerals/.vimrc:
line   44:
E518: Unknown option: h12

But I am ok with the result since the font gets applied. enter image description here

However when I correct the line to set guifont=LiberationMono:h12 gvim does not complain but the font gets changed to this:

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This is not "Liberation Mono" of course, this thing happens with any other font I try to use. Why does the font get changed to some strange monospaced variant? How can I configure the font correctly?

possible duplicate of [How to set the default font size on vim?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17508542/how-to-set-the-default-font-size-on-vim) — FDinoff, Jun 14 '14 at 18:18

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '14 at 18:26

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I managed to resolve the issue by correcting the font setting in ~/.vimrc

set guifont=LiberationMono\ 12

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answered Jun 14 '14 at 18:26

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If ppl carefully read help manuals stackoverflow would not exist ;) – minerals Jan 01 '17 at 13:00
similar issue with win10 gVim, resolved with `set guifont=Fira\ Mono\ Medium:h10` – roblogic Sep 14 '17 at 00:01

Why doesn't gvim set the font correctly?

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