diff -ur fluxbox-0.9.11.orig/src/FbTk/Font.cc fluxbox-0.9.11/src/FbTk/Font.cc

--- fluxbox-0.9.11.orig/src/FbTk/Font.cc	2004-11-19 14:01:39.000000000 +0200

+++ fluxbox-0.9.11/src/FbTk/Font.cc	2004-12-24 19:19:46.015735856 +0200

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@

     // create the right font implementation

     // antialias is prio 1

 #ifdef USE_XFT

-    if (antialias) {

+    if (antialias || m_utf8mode) {

         m_fontimp.reset(new XftFontImp(0, m_utf8mode));

     }

 #endif //USE_XFT