On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
The problem turned out to be /etc/fonts/fonts.conf -- it listed /usr/share/fonts (a directory I don't think NetBSD has). Changing it to /usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts and rerunning 'fc-cache -f' restored things to normal. Obviously, /usr/share/fonts is a bug. Should my fix be the default? Should I send-pr? (My copy is from a system I built on 11 Nov.)
It should be picking up fonts frolm /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts anyway.