#1 Details of default font as ubuntu uses utf8, the font defaults for gtk1.2 come from /etc/gtk/gtkrc.utf-8
style "default-text" { fontset = "-*-arial-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,\ -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" } arial is not installed by default, so gtk reverts to the helvetica font. plugging in the same attributs into xfontsel we get (see attached image) ** Attachment added: "xfontsel showing the default helvetica font" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5018981/xfontsel.png -- default gtk+1.2 font does not render umlauts etc. correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/59936 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs