nah, people should define 'fixed' to be compatible with their locale

config.default.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", NULL };
 #define FLOATSYMBOL		"><>"
 #define TILESYMBOL		"[]="
 
-#define FONT			"-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*"
+#define FONT			"fixed"
 #define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333366"
 #define NORMFGCOLOR		"#cccccc"
 #define SELBGCOLOR		"#666699"