Error from X

[Sean Kennedy <sean@insitedev.net>]

Whenever I try to start xfontsel, the program pops up then soon after
closes with these errors:

sean@chromium:~$ xfontsel
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for
operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
  Value in failed request:  0x3000052
  Serial number of failed request:  1192
  Current serial number in output stream:  1193
sean@chromium:~$

I've tried changing the locale to C with LC_ALL=C before invoking
xfontsel, but it didn't help it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.