diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index dc1d82a..849cd1f 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -21,7 +21,31 @@ set ttimeoutlen=50
 
 "powerline/airline font
 "let g:Powerline_symbols = 'fancy'
-let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
+"let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
+"let g:airline_theme='solarized'
+"let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1
+if !exists('g:airline_symbols')
+let g:airline_symbols = {}
+endif
+
+" unicode symbols
+let g:airline_left_sep=''
+let g:airline_right_sep=''
+let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '␤'
+let g:airline_symbols.branch = '⎇'
+"let g:airline_symbols.paste = 'ρ'
+"let g:airline_symbols.paste = 'Þ'
+"let g:airline_symbols.paste = '∥'
+let g:airline_symbols.whitespace = 'Ξ'
+
+"let g:airline_left_sep = '⮀'
+"let g:airline_left_alt_sep = '⮁'
+"let g:airline_right_sep = '⮂'
+"let g:airline_right_alt_sep = '⮃'
+"let g:airline_symbols.branch = '⭠'
+"let g:airline_symbols.readonly = '⭤'
+"let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '⭡'
+
 
 let g:solarized_visibility="low"
 if !has('gui_running') "