-        // Bogus font II
-        if ( !font )
-        {
-            font = wxLoadQueryFont(120, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL,
-                                   underlined, wxEmptyString,
-                                   info.xregistry, info.xencoding,
-                                   xFontName);
+            // ignore family as well
+            if ( !font )
+            {
+                font = wxLoadQueryFont(120, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL,
+                                       underlined, wxEmptyString,
+                                       info.xregistry, info.xencoding,
+                                       xFontName);
+
+                // if it still failed, try to get the font of any size but
+                // with the requested encoding: this can happen if the
+                // encoding is only available in one size which happens to be
+                // different from 120
+                if ( !font )
+                {
+                    font = wxLoadQueryFont(-1, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL,
+                                           FALSE, wxEmptyString,
+                                           info.xregistry, info.xencoding,
+                                           xFontName);
+
+                    // this should never happen as we had tested for it in the
+                    // very beginning, but if it does, do return something non
+                    // NULL or we'd crash in wxFont code
+                    if ( !font )
+                    {
+                        wxFAIL_MSG( _T("this encoding should be available!") );
+
+                        font = wxLoadQueryFont(-1,
+                                               wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL,
+                                               FALSE, wxEmptyString,
+                                               _T("*"), _T("*"),
+                                               xFontName);
+                    }
+                }
+            }