diff -r 91fdc4ef4afc font.c
--- a/font.c	Sat Sep 11 13:35:18 2010 +0100
+++ b/font.c	Thu Sep 30 11:45:47 2010 +0200
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include "dc.h"
 
-#define DEFAULT    "fixed"
+#define DEFAULT    "-*-fixed-*-*-*--*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1"
 #define MAX(a, b)  ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 
 static Bool loadfont(DC *dc, const char *fontstr);