The error appears to be coming from fontconfig as other programs are giving this error. In the folder /etc/fonts/conf.d there are symbolic links to directories in /etc/fonts/conf.avail which is causing fontconfig to throw an error for each directory. Removing these directory symbolic links solve the problem for me.
- Bug#895868: munin-cron: Fontconfig error: failed rea... BERTRAND Joël
- Bug#895868: munin-cron: Fontconfig error: faile... Adrian Immanuel Kiess
- Bug#895868: munin-cron: Fontconfig error: faile... Stephen Monteith

