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@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ You are likely using the [fontconfig](https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/lates
     endif
     let g:airline_symbols.space = "\ua0"
 
+#### The powerline font is not perfectly lined up, or there a bit of whitespace in between symbols, or they are cut off
+
+This is a complicated issue with no easy solution.  Depending on the operating system, the font you have installed, the font you have patched, how the font was patched, terminal vs GUI, which terminal emulator itself (and how the emulator is configured), what font size, all have an effect on how the font turns on.
+
+Try various combinations of the above and you'll eventually find something that works.
+
 #### There is a pause when leaving insert mode
 
 You need to set `timeoutlen` to a low number; 50 is recommended.