+                &families, &n_families);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < n_families; ++i)
+        {
+            if (g_ascii_strcasecmp(pango_font_family_get_name( families[i] ),
+                                   pango_font_description_get_family( description )) == 0 )
+            {
+                family = families[i];
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        g_free(families);
+
+        // Some gtk+ systems might query for a non-existing font from 
+        // wxSystemSettings::GetFont(wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT) on initialization,
+        // don't assert until wxSystemSettings::GetFont is checked for this - MR
+        // wxASSERT_MSG( family, "No appropriate PangoFontFamily found for ::description" );
+
+        if (family != NULL && pango_font_family_is_monospace( family ))
+            ret = wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE; // is deemed a monospace font by pango
+    }
+#endif // GTK+ 2 || HAVE_PANGO_FONT_FAMILY_IS_MONOSPACE
+
+    if (ret == wxFONTFAMILY_UNKNOWN)
+    {
+        if (strstr( family_text, "sans" ) != NULL || strstr( family_text, "Sans" ) != NULL)
+            // checked before serif, so that "* Sans Serif" fonts are detected correctly
+            ret = wxFONTFAMILY_SWISS;       // contains "Sans"
+        else if (strstr( family_text, "serif" ) != NULL || strstr( family_text, "Serif" ) != NULL)
+            ret = wxFONTFAMILY_ROMAN;       // contains "Serif"
+        else if (strncasecmp( family_text, "times", 5 ) == 0)
+            ret = wxFONTFAMILY_ROMAN;       // begins with "Times"
+        else if (strncasecmp( family_text, "old", 3 ) == 0)
+            ret = wxFONTFAMILY_DECORATIVE;  // begins with "Old" - "Old English", "Old Town"
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+wxFontEncoding wxNativeFontInfo::GetEncoding() const
+{
+    return wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM;
+}
+
+void wxNativeFontInfo::SetPointSize(int pointsize)
+{
+    pango_font_description_set_size( description, pointsize * PANGO_SCALE );
+}
+
+void wxNativeFontInfo::SetStyle(wxFontStyle style)
+{
+    switch (style)
+    {
+        case wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC:
+            pango_font_description_set_style( description, PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC );
+            break;
+        case wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT:
+            pango_font_description_set_style( description, PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE );
+            break;
+        default:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( "unknown font style" );
+            // fall through
+        case wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL:
+            pango_font_description_set_style( description, PANGO_STYLE_NORMAL );
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+void wxNativeFontInfo::SetWeight(wxFontWeight weight)
+{
+    switch (weight)
+    {
+        case wxFONTWEIGHT_BOLD:
+            pango_font_description_set_weight(description, PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD);
+            break;
+        case wxFONTWEIGHT_LIGHT:
+            pango_font_description_set_weight(description, PANGO_WEIGHT_LIGHT);
+            break;
+        default:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( "unknown font weight" );
+            // fall through
+        case wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL:
+            pango_font_description_set_weight(description, PANGO_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
+    }
+}
+
+void wxNativeFontInfo::SetUnderlined(bool WXUNUSED(underlined))
+{
+    // wxWindowDCImpl::DoDrawText will take care of rendering font with
+    // the underline attribute!
+    wxFAIL_MSG( "not implemented" );
+}
+
+bool wxNativeFontInfo::SetFaceName(const wxString& facename)
+{
+    pango_font_description_set_family(description, wxPANGO_CONV(facename));
+
+    // we return true because Pango doesn't tell us if the call failed or not;
+    // instead on wxGTK wxFont::SetFaceName() will call wxFontBase::SetFaceName()
+    // which does the check
+    return true;
+}
+
+void wxNativeFontInfo::SetFamily(wxFontFamily family)
+{
+    wxArrayString facename;
+
+    // the list of fonts associated with a family was partially
+    // taken from http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family
+
+    switch ( family )
+    {
+        case wxFONTFAMILY_SCRIPT:
+            // corresponds to the cursive font family in the page linked above
+            facename.Add(wxS("URW Chancery L"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Comic Sans MS"));
+            break;
+
+        case wxFONTFAMILY_DECORATIVE:
+            // corresponds to the fantasy font family in the page linked above
+            facename.Add(wxS("Impact"));
+            break;
+
+        case wxFONTFAMILY_ROMAN:
+            // corresponds to the serif font family in the page linked above
+            facename.Add(wxS("Century Schoolbook L"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("URW Bookman L"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("URW Palladio L"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("DejaVu Serif"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("FreeSerif"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Times New Roman"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Times"));
+            break;
+
+        case wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE:
+        case wxFONTFAMILY_MODERN:
+            // corresponds to the monospace font family in the page linked above
+            facename.Add(wxS("DejaVu Sans Mono"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Nimbus Mono L"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Andale Mono"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Lucida Sans Typewriter"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("FreeMono"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Courier New"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Courier"));
+            break;
+
+        case wxFONTFAMILY_SWISS:
+        case wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT:
+        default:
+            // corresponds to the sans-serif font family in the page linked above
+            facename.Add(wxS("DejaVu Sans"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("URW Gothic L"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Nimbus Sans L"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Bitstream Vera Sans"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Lucida Sans"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("Arial"));
+            facename.Add(wxS("FreeSans"));
+            break;
+    }
+
+    SetFaceName(facename);
+}
+
+void wxNativeFontInfo::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding WXUNUSED(encoding))
+{
+    wxFAIL_MSG( "not implemented: Pango encoding is always UTF8" );
+}
+
+bool wxNativeFontInfo::FromString(const wxString& s)
+{
+    if (description)
+        pango_font_description_free( description );
+
+    // there is a bug in at least pango <= 1.13 which makes it (or its backends)
+    // segfault for very big point sizes and for negative point sizes.
+    // To workaround that bug for pango <= 1.13
+    // (see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340229)
+    // we do the check on the size here using same (arbitrary) limits used by
+    // pango > 1.13. Note that the segfault could happen also for pointsize
+    // smaller than this limit !!
+    wxString str(s);
+    const size_t pos = str.find_last_of(wxS(" "));
+    double size;
+    if ( pos != wxString::npos && wxString(str, pos + 1).ToDouble(&size) )
+    {
+        wxString sizeStr;
+        if ( size < 1 )
+            sizeStr = wxS("1");
+        else if ( size >= 1E6 )
+            sizeStr = wxS("1E6");
+
+        if ( !sizeStr.empty() )
+        {
+            // replace the old size with the adjusted one
+            str = wxString(s, 0, pos) + sizeStr;
+        }
+    }
+
+    description = pango_font_description_from_string(wxPANGO_CONV(str));
+
+#if wxUSE_FONTENUM
+    // ensure a valid facename is selected
+    if (!wxFontEnumerator::IsValidFacename(GetFaceName()))
+        SetFaceName(wxNORMAL_FONT->GetFaceName());
+#endif // wxUSE_FONTENUM
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+wxString wxNativeFontInfo::ToString() const
+{
+    wxGtkString str(pango_font_description_to_string( description ));
+
+    return wxPANGO_CONV_BACK(str);
+}
+
+bool wxNativeFontInfo::FromUserString(const wxString& s)
+{
+    return FromString( s );
+}
+
+wxString wxNativeFontInfo::ToUserString() const
+{
+    return ToString();
+}
+
+#else // GTK+ 1.x
+
+#ifdef __X__
+    #ifdef __VMS__
+        #pragma message disable nosimpint
+    #endif
+
+    #include <X11/Xlib.h>
+
+    #ifdef __VMS__
+        #pragma message enable nosimpint
+    #endif