ubuntu-mono-powerline-ttf

Ubuntu Mono fonts patched for vim-powerline and the new powerline

Installation

mkdir ~/.fonts
git clone https://github.com/pdf/ubuntu-mono-powerline-ttf.git ~/.fonts/ubuntu-mono-powerline-ttf
fc-cache -vf

powerline

Set your terminal font to Ubuntu Mono for Powerline and for gvim, add:

set guifont=Ubuntu\ Mono\ for\ Powerline\ 12

to your .vimrc, where 12 is the font size.

vim-powerline

Set your terminal font to Ubuntu Mono for VimPowerline and for gvim, add:

set guifont=Ubuntu\ Mono\ for\ VimPowerline\ 12

to your .vimrc, where 12 is the font size.

As usual, make sure you have let g:Powerline_symbols = 'fancy' in your .vimrc to enable the fancy glyphs.