[Bug 59936] Re: default gtk+1.2 font does not render umlauts etc. correctly

[Obleak]

#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

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default gtk+1.2 font does not render umlauts etc. correctly
https://launchpad.net/bugs/59936