diff -r c96169444d88 -r 34513f76d5a8 ui/motif/toolkit.c
--- a/ui/motif/toolkit.c	Thu Apr 10 11:37:41 2014 +0200
+++ b/ui/motif/toolkit.c	Fri Apr 11 17:02:19 2014 +0200
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
     app = XtCreateApplicationContext();
     
     display =  XtOpenDisplay(app, NULL, appname, appname, NULL, 0, &argc, argv);
+    char **missing = NULL;
+    int nm = 0;
+    char *def = NULL;
+    XCreateFontSet(display, "-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-s*utf*", &missing, &nm, &def);
     
     uic_docmgr_init();
     ui_toolbar_init();