Vim powerline (Lokaltog's) weird characters in MacVim

Question

I\'m trying to use Powerline plugin (https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline) for the first time.

Plugin seems to be installed. I use vundle with the following command

Answer 1

adding this to the vimrc file fixed it for me:

set guifont=Source\ Code\ Pro\ for\ Powerline "make sure to escape the spaces in the name properly

Source: https://github.com/bling/vim-airline/issues/142