odd font problem

[Bret Comstock Waldow <bwaldow@alum.mit.edu>]

I couldn't think of a better concise way to say it.

I have a copy of VMware Express (Windows 9x only).  I'm running Woody
with backports, using a KDE 2.? desktop.

When I start up VMware, the menu characters are represented with dotted
outline boxes, like I'd expect if KDE couldn't render the font.

So, I open up the KDE Control Center, go into "Look and Feel", select
"Fonts", pick any entry's "Choose" button, don't make any changes, OK
it, then press "Apply", and restart the VMware app.  And the fonts are
readable.

Does anyone have some idea what is happening where for this to occur?

Cheers,
Bret

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