Re: Tk needs which fonts?
>
> Tk 4.0 desperately wants the font
>
> "-Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
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> (to see, start wish, and then enter the command 'button .x')
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> I've installed the generic font packages in the x11 directory
> (xfntbase, xfntscl, xfnt75, xfntpex) but no joy. Is this font
> available for Debian? If it's packaged, where is it? If not, can
> Tk be built to use a standard font by default?
>
> Should I report this as a bug?
Yes, I believe tk should depend on xfnt100|xfnt75.
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