Squint test w/ BLOKK font

gistfile1.vim

" Throw me in your ~/.gvimrc
let g:squinty = 0

function! Squint()
	let windowBounds = system("osascript -e 'tell application \"MacVim\" to get bounds of window 1'")[:-2]
	if g:squinty
		set guifont=InputMonoCondensed_Thin:h14
		let g:squinty = 0
	else
		set guifont=BLOKK:h6
		let g:squinty = 1
	endif
	let thecommand = "osascript -e 'tell application \"MacVim\" to set bounds of window 1 to {" . windowBounds . "}'"
	let result = system(thecommand)
	redraw!
endfunction

nnoremap <F6> :call Squint()<CR>

This is pretty much inspired by Katrina Owen's squint test in her Peepcode video. I was thinking "wow it would be great if that could be a toggle" but it turned out that changing the font size resized the window w/ MacVim (and terminal), so I worked out a way around that. It's a little bit flicker-y but it works...

Only tested in MacVim (apply to ~/.gvimrc), though I suppose it could work with a terminal if one tweaked the osascript commands.

Obviously set the fonts and font sizes to your liking (main on ln7, squinty on ln10), and the F6 keymap is just my preference...

It does seem to lose a little bit of height over several toggles...