This doesn't seem to be an abiword bug after all. Sorry. I tried every font in the list, and half of them worked. The ones that don't are fonts that Inkscape won't even try to use. When I select one it uses "Sans" instead.
It doesn't work any better in a different window manager (twm) as a new user. gedit and gvim don't seem to have a problem with any fonts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]