Gvim: Ubuntu letter spacing (Consolas font)

Question

Thought I could just copy my vimrc from my Windows to my Linux box but running into a few problems with the letter spacing on Ubuntu.

Answer 1

I don't know what the :h directive is supposed to do, but

:set guifont=Consolas:h11

yields horrible intraletter spacing, but

:set guifont=Consolas\ 11

is fine. (But set guifont=Droid\ Sans\ Mono is better still ;)