this works fine on a fresh edgy installation. so the problem may be caused by some configuration changes which I did.
** Changed in: gtk+1.2 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- [Edgy] fonts are not displayed in GTK1 applications https://launchpad.net/bugs/62300 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs