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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Name:        font.cpp
+// Name:        gtk/font.cpp
 // Purpose:
 // Author:      Robert Roebling
 // Id:          $Id$
 #include <strings.h>
 
 #include <gdk/gdk.h>
+#include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// constants
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// the default size (in points) for the fonts
+static const int wxDEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 12;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxScaledFontList
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// TODO: replace this with a type safe list or hash!!
+class wxScaledFontList : public wxList
+{
+public:
+    wxScaledFontList() : wxList(wxKEY_INTEGER) { }
+};
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxFontRefData
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class wxFontRefData : public wxObjectRefData
 {
 public:
-    wxFontRefData(int size = wxDEFAULT,
-                  int family = wxDEFAULT,
-                  int style = wxDEFAULT,
-                  int weight = wxDEFAULT,
+    // from broken down font parameters, also default ctor
+    wxFontRefData(int size = -1,
+                  int family = wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT,
+                  int style = wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL,
+                  int weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL,
                   bool underlined = FALSE,
                   const wxString& faceName = wxEmptyString,
                   wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT);
+
+    // from XFLD
+    wxFontRefData(const wxString& fontname);
+
+    // copy ctor
     wxFontRefData( const wxFontRefData& data );
+
     virtual ~wxFontRefData();
 
+    // do we have the native font info?
+    bool HasNativeFont() const
+    {
+        return !m_nativeFontInfo.IsDefault();
+    }
+
+    // setters: all of them also take care to modify m_nativeFontInfo if we
+    // have it so as to not lose the information not carried by our fields
+    void SetPointSize(int pointSize);
+    void SetFamily(int family);
+    void SetStyle(int style);
+    void SetWeight(int weight);
+    void SetUnderlined(bool underlined);
+    void SetFaceName(const wxString& facename);
+    void SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
+
+    // debugger helper: shows what the font really is
+    //
+    // VZ: I need this as my gdb either shows wildly wrong values or crashes
+    //     when I ask it to "p fontRefData" :-(
+#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
+    void Dump() const
+    {
+        wxPrintf(_T("%s-%s-%s-%d-%d\n"),
+                 m_faceName.c_str(),
+                 m_weight == wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL
+                    ? _T("normal")
+                    : m_weight == wxFONTWEIGHT_BOLD
+                        ? _T("bold")
+                        : _T("light"),
+                 m_style == wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL ? _T("regular") : _T("italic"),
+                 m_pointSize,
+                 m_encoding);
+    }
+#endif // Debug
+
 protected:
     // common part of all ctors
     void Init(int pointSize,
@@ -61,7 +123,10 @@ protected:
               wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
 private:
-    wxList          m_scaled_xfonts;
+    // the map of font sizes to "GdkFont *"
+    wxScaledFontList  m_scaled_xfonts;
+
+    // the broken down font parameters
     int             m_pointSize;
     int             m_family,
                     m_style,
@@ -70,15 +135,18 @@ private:
     wxString        m_faceName;
     wxFontEncoding  m_encoding;
 
-    friend wxFont;
+    // the native font info, basicly an XFLD
+    wxNativeFontInfo m_nativeFontInfo;
+
+    friend class wxFont;
 };
 
 // ============================================================================
-// implementation
+// wxFontRefData implementation
 // ============================================================================
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxFontRefData
+// wxFontRefData creation
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void wxFontRefData::Init(int pointSize,
@@ -89,45 +157,148 @@ void wxFontRefData::Init(int pointSize,
                          const wxString& faceName,
                          wxFontEncoding encoding)
 {
-    if (family == wxDEFAULT)
-        m_family = wxSWISS;
-    else
-        m_family = family;
+    m_family = family == wxFONTFAMILY_DEFAULT ? wxFONTFAMILY_SWISS : family;
 
     m_faceName = faceName;
 
-    if (style == wxDEFAULT)
-        m_style = wxNORMAL;
-    else
-        m_style = style;
-
-    if (weight == wxDEFAULT)
-        m_weight = wxNORMAL;
-    else
-        m_weight = weight;
+    // we accept both wxDEFAULT and wxNORMAL here - should we?
+    m_style = style == wxDEFAULT ? wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL : style;
+    m_weight = weight == wxDEFAULT ? wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL : weight;
 
-    if (pointSize == wxDEFAULT)
-        m_pointSize = 12;
-    else
-        m_pointSize = pointSize;
+    // and here, do we really want to forbid creation of the font of the size
+    // 90 (the value of wxDEFAULT)??
+    m_pointSize = pointSize == wxDEFAULT ||
+                    pointSize == -1 ? wxDEFAULT_FONT_SIZE : pointSize;
 
     m_underlined = underlined;
     m_encoding = encoding;
 }
 
 wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData( const wxFontRefData& data )
-    : m_scaled_xfonts(wxKEY_INTEGER)
 {
-    Init(data.m_pointSize, data.m_family, data.m_style, data.m_weight,
-        data.m_underlined, data.m_faceName, data.m_encoding);
+    m_pointSize = data.m_pointSize;
+    m_family = data.m_family;
+    m_style = data.m_style;
+    m_weight = data.m_weight;
+
+    m_underlined = data.m_underlined;
+
+    m_faceName = data.m_faceName;
+    m_encoding = data.m_encoding;
+
+    m_nativeFontInfo = data.m_nativeFontInfo;
 }
 
 wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData(int size, int family, int style,
-    int weight, bool underlined, const wxString& faceName, wxFontEncoding encoding )
-    : m_scaled_xfonts(wxKEY_INTEGER)
+                             int weight, bool underlined,
+                             const wxString& faceName,
+                             wxFontEncoding encoding)
+{
+    Init(size, family, style, weight, underlined, faceName, encoding);
+}
+
+wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData(const wxString& fontname)
 {
-    Init(size, family, style, weight,
-        underlined, faceName, encoding);
+    // remember the X font name
+    m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontName(fontname);
+
+    // get the font parameters from the XLFD
+    // -------------------------------------
+
+    m_faceName = m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_FAMILY);
+
+    m_weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL;
+
+    wxString w = m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_WEIGHT).Upper();
+    if ( !w.empty() && w != _T('*') )
+    {
+        // the test below catches all of BOLD, EXTRABOLD, DEMIBOLD, ULTRABOLD
+        // and BLACK
+        if ( ((w[0u] == _T('B') && (!strcmp(w.c_str() + 1, _T("OLD")) ||
+                                   !strcmp(w.c_str() + 1, _T("LACK"))))) ||
+             strstr(w.c_str() + 1, _T("BOLD")) )
+        {
+            m_weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_BOLD;
+        }
+        else if ( w == _T("LIGHT") || w == _T("THIN") )
+        {
+            m_weight = wxFONTWEIGHT_LIGHT;
+        }
+    }
+
+    switch ( wxToupper(*m_nativeFontInfo.
+                            GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_SLANT).c_str()) )
+    {
+        case _T('I'):   // italique
+            m_style = wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC;
+            break;
+
+        case _T('O'):   // oblique
+            m_style = wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT;
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            m_style = wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL;
+    }
+
+    long ptSize;
+    if ( m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_POINTSIZE).ToLong(&ptSize) )
+    {
+        // size in XLFD is in 10 point units
+        m_pointSize = (int)(ptSize / 10);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_pointSize = wxDEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
+    }
+
+    // examine the spacing: if the font is monospaced, assume wxTELETYPE
+    // family for compatibility with the old code which used it instead of
+    // IsFixedWidth()
+    if ( m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_SPACING).Upper() == _T('M') )
+    {
+        m_family = wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE;
+    }
+    else // not monospaceed
+    {
+        // don't even try guessing it, it doesn't work for too many fonts
+        // anyhow
+        m_family = wxFONTFAMILY_UNKNOWN;
+    }
+
+    // X fonts are never underlined...
+    m_underlined = FALSE;
+
+    // deal with font encoding
+    wxString
+        registry = m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_REGISTRY).Upper(),
+        encoding = m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_ENCODING).Upper();
+
+    if ( registry == _T("ISO8859") )
+    {
+        int cp;
+        if ( wxSscanf(encoding, wxT("%d"), &cp) == 1 )
+        {
+            m_encoding = (wxFontEncoding)(wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1 + cp - 1);
+        }
+    }
+    else if ( registry == _T("MICROSOFT") )
+    {
+        int cp;
+        if ( wxSscanf(encoding, wxT("cp125%d"), &cp) == 1 )
+        {
+            m_encoding = (wxFontEncoding)(wxFONTENCODING_CP1250 + cp);
+        }
+    }
+    else if ( registry == _T("KOI8") )
+    {
+        m_encoding = wxFONTENCODING_KOI8;
+    }
+    else // unknown encoding
+    {
+        // may be give a warning here?
+        m_encoding = wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM;
+    }
 }
 
 wxFontRefData::~wxFontRefData()
@@ -143,115 +314,151 @@ wxFontRefData::~wxFontRefData()
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxFont
+// wxFontRefData SetXXX()
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFont, wxGDIObject)
-
-void wxFont::Init()
+void wxFontRefData::SetPointSize(int pointSize)
 {
-    if (wxTheFontList)
-        wxTheFontList->Append( this );
+    m_pointSize = pointSize;
+
+    if ( HasNativeFont() )
+    {
+        wxString size;
+        if ( pointSize == -1 )
+            size = _T('*');
+        else
+            size.Printf(_T("%d"), 10*pointSize);
+
+        m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_POINTSIZE, size);
+    }
 }
 
-wxFont::wxFont( const wxString& fontname, const wxFontData& fontdata )
+void wxFontRefData::SetFamily(int family)
 {
-    Init();
+    m_family = family;
 
-    wxCHECK_RET( !!fontname, _T("invalid font spec") );
+    // TODO: what are we supposed to do with m_nativeFontInfo here?
+}
 
-    m_refData = new wxFontRefData();
+void wxFontRefData::SetStyle(int style)
+{
+    m_style = style;
 
-    wxString tmp;
+    if ( HasNativeFont() )
+    {
+        wxString slant;
+        switch ( style )
+        {
+            case wxFONTSTYLE_ITALIC:
+                slant = _T('i');
+                break;
 
-    wxStringTokenizer tn( fontname, wxT("-") );
+            case wxFONTSTYLE_SLANT:
+                slant = _T('o');
+                break;
 
-    tn.GetNextToken();                           // foundry
+            default:
+                wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unknown font style") );
+                // fall through
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_faceName = tn.GetNextToken();  // family
+            case wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL:
+                slant = _T('r');
+        }
 
-    tmp = tn.GetNextToken().MakeUpper();         // weight
-    if (tmp == wxT("BOLD")) M_FONTDATA->m_weight = wxBOLD;
-    if (tmp == wxT("BLACK")) M_FONTDATA->m_weight = wxBOLD;
-    if (tmp == wxT("EXTRABOLD")) M_FONTDATA->m_weight = wxBOLD;
-    if (tmp == wxT("DEMIBOLD")) M_FONTDATA->m_weight = wxBOLD;
-    if (tmp == wxT("ULTRABOLD")) M_FONTDATA->m_weight = wxBOLD;
+        m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_SLANT, slant);
+    }
+}
+
+void wxFontRefData::SetWeight(int weight)
+{
+    m_weight = weight;
 
-    if (tmp == wxT("LIGHT")) M_FONTDATA->m_weight = wxLIGHT;
-    if (tmp == wxT("THIN")) M_FONTDATA->m_weight = wxLIGHT;
+    if ( HasNativeFont() )
+    {
+        wxString boldness;
+        switch ( weight )
+        {
+            case wxFONTWEIGHT_BOLD:
+                boldness = _T("bold");
+                break;
 
-    tmp = tn.GetNextToken().MakeUpper();        // slant
-    if (tmp == wxT("I")) M_FONTDATA->m_style = wxITALIC;
-    if (tmp == wxT("O")) M_FONTDATA->m_style = wxITALIC;
+            case wxFONTWEIGHT_LIGHT:
+                boldness = _T("light");
+                break;
 
-    tn.GetNextToken();                           // set width
-    tn.GetNextToken();                           // add. style
-    tn.GetNextToken();                           // pixel size
+            default:
+                wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unknown font weight") );
+                // fall through
 
-    tmp = tn.GetNextToken();                     // pointsize
-    long num = wxStrtol (tmp.c_str(), (wxChar **) NULL, 10);
-    M_FONTDATA->m_pointSize = (int)(num / 10);
+            case wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL:
+                // unspecified
+                boldness = _T("medium");
+        }
 
-    tn.GetNextToken();                           // x-res
-    tn.GetNextToken();                           // y-res
+        m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_WEIGHT, boldness);
+    }
+}
 
-    tmp = tn.GetNextToken().MakeUpper();         // spacing
+void wxFontRefData::SetUnderlined(bool underlined)
+{
+    m_underlined = underlined;
 
-    if (tmp == wxT("M"))
-        M_FONTDATA->m_family = wxMODERN;
-    else if (M_FONTDATA->m_faceName == wxT("TIMES"))
-        M_FONTDATA->m_family = wxROMAN;
-    else if (M_FONTDATA->m_faceName == wxT("HELVETICA"))
-        M_FONTDATA->m_family = wxSWISS;
-    else if (M_FONTDATA->m_faceName == wxT("LUCIDATYPEWRITER"))
-        M_FONTDATA->m_family = wxTELETYPE;
-    else if (M_FONTDATA->m_faceName == wxT("LUCIDA"))
-        M_FONTDATA->m_family = wxDECORATIVE;
-    else if (M_FONTDATA->m_faceName == wxT("UTOPIA"))
-        M_FONTDATA->m_family = wxSCRIPT;
+    // the XLFD doesn't have "underlined" field anyhow
+}
 
-    tn.GetNextToken();                           // avg width
+void wxFontRefData::SetFaceName(const wxString& facename)
+{
+    m_faceName = facename;
 
-    // deal with font encoding
-    M_FONTDATA->m_encoding = fontdata.GetEncoding();
-    if ( M_FONTDATA->m_encoding == wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM )
+    if ( HasNativeFont() )
     {
-        wxString registry = tn.GetNextToken().MakeUpper(),
-                 encoding = tn.GetNextToken().MakeUpper();
+        m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_FAMILY, facename);
+    }
+}
 
-        if ( registry == _T("ISO8859") )
-        {
-            int cp;
-            if ( wxSscanf(encoding, wxT("%d"), &cp) == 1 )
-            {
-                M_FONTDATA->m_encoding =
-                    (wxFontEncoding)(wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1 + cp - 1);
-            }
-        }
-        else if ( registry == _T("MICROSOFT") )
-        {
-            int cp;
-            if ( wxSscanf(encoding, wxT("cp125%d"), &cp) == 1 )
-            {
-                M_FONTDATA->m_encoding =
-                    (wxFontEncoding)(wxFONTENCODING_CP1250 + cp);
-            }
-        }
-        else if ( registry == _T("KOI8") )
+void wxFontRefData::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding)
+{
+    m_encoding = encoding;
+
+    if ( HasNativeFont() )
+    {
+        wxNativeEncodingInfo info;
+        if ( wxGetNativeFontEncoding(encoding, &info) )
         {
-            M_FONTDATA->m_encoding = wxFONTENCODING_KOI8;
+            m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_REGISTRY, info.xregistry);
+            m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_ENCODING, info.xencoding);
         }
-        //else: unknown encoding - may be give a warning here?
     }
 }
 
+// ============================================================================
+// wxFont implementation
+// ============================================================================
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxFont creation
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxFont, wxGDIObject)
+
+void wxFont::Init()
+{
+}
+
+wxFont::wxFont(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
+{
+    Init();
+
+    Create(info.GetXFontName());
+}
+
 bool wxFont::Create( int pointSize,
                      int family,
                      int style,
                      int weight,
                      bool underlined,
                      const wxString& face,
-                     wxFontEncoding encoding )
+                     wxFontEncoding encoding)
 {
     m_refData = new wxFontRefData(pointSize, family, style, weight,
                                   underlined, face, encoding);
@@ -259,6 +466,21 @@ bool wxFont::Create( int pointSize,
     return TRUE;
 }
 
+bool wxFont::Create(const wxString& fontname)
+{
+    // VZ: does this really happen?
+    if ( fontname.empty() )
+    {
+        *this = wxSystemSettings::GetFont(wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
+
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    m_refData = new wxFontRefData(fontname);
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
 void wxFont::Unshare()
 {
     if (!m_refData)
@@ -275,14 +497,15 @@ void wxFont::Unshare()
 
 wxFont::~wxFont()
 {
-    if (wxTheFontList)
-        wxTheFontList->DeleteObject( this );
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // accessors
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// all accessors are just forwarded to wxFontRefData which has everything we
+// need
+
 int wxFont::GetPointSize() const
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), 0, wxT("invalid font") );
@@ -325,7 +548,6 @@ bool wxFont::GetUnderlined() const
     return M_FONTDATA->m_underlined;
 }
 
-
 wxFontEncoding wxFont::GetEncoding() const
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT, wxT("invalid font") );
@@ -333,6 +555,32 @@ wxFontEncoding wxFont::GetEncoding() const
     return M_FONTDATA->m_encoding;
 }
 
+wxNativeFontInfo *wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() const
+{
+    wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), (wxNativeFontInfo *)NULL, wxT("invalid font") );
+
+    if ( M_FONTDATA->m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontName().empty() )
+        GetInternalFont();
+
+    return new wxNativeFontInfo(M_FONTDATA->m_nativeFontInfo);
+}
+
+bool wxFont::IsFixedWidth() const
+{
+    wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), FALSE, wxT("invalid font") );
+
+    if ( M_FONTDATA->HasNativeFont() )
+    {
+        // the monospace fonts are supposed to have "M" in the spacing field
+        wxString spacing = M_FONTDATA->
+                            m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontComponent(wxXLFD_SPACING);
+
+        return spacing.Upper() == _T('M');
+    }
+
+    return wxFontBase::IsFixedWidth();
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // change font attributes
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -341,49 +589,56 @@ void wxFont::SetPointSize(int pointSize)
 {
     Unshare();
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_pointSize = pointSize;
+    M_FONTDATA->SetPointSize(pointSize);
 }
 
 void wxFont::SetFamily(int family)
 {
     Unshare();
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_family = family;
+    M_FONTDATA->SetFamily(family);
 }
 
 void wxFont::SetStyle(int style)
 {
     Unshare();
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_style = style;
+    M_FONTDATA->SetStyle(style);
 }
 
 void wxFont::SetWeight(int weight)
 {
     Unshare();
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_weight = weight;
+    M_FONTDATA->SetWeight(weight);
 }
 
 void wxFont::SetFaceName(const wxString& faceName)
 {
     Unshare();
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_faceName = faceName;
+    M_FONTDATA->SetFaceName(faceName);
 }
 
 void wxFont::SetUnderlined(bool underlined)
 {
     Unshare();
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_underlined = underlined;
+    M_FONTDATA->SetUnderlined(underlined);
 }
 
 void wxFont::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding)
 {
     Unshare();
 
-    M_FONTDATA->m_encoding = encoding;
+    M_FONTDATA->SetEncoding(encoding);
+}
+
+void wxFont::SetNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info)
+{
+    Unshare();
+
+    M_FONTDATA->m_nativeFontInfo = info;
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -392,54 +647,86 @@ void wxFont::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding)
 
 static GdkFont *g_systemDefaultGuiFont = (GdkFont*) NULL;
 
-static GdkFont *GtkGetDefaultGuiFont()
+// this is also used from tbargtk.cpp and tooltip.cpp, hence extern
+extern GdkFont *GtkGetDefaultGuiFont()
 {
     if (!g_systemDefaultGuiFont)
     {
         GtkWidget *widget = gtk_button_new();
         GtkStyle *def = gtk_rc_get_style( widget );
-        g_systemDefaultGuiFont = gdk_font_ref( def->font );
+        if (def)
+        {
+            g_systemDefaultGuiFont = gdk_font_ref( def->font );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            def = gtk_widget_get_default_style();
+            if (def)
+                g_systemDefaultGuiFont = gdk_font_ref( def->font );
+        }
         gtk_widget_destroy( widget );
     }
+    else
+    {
+        // already have it, but ref it once more before returning
+        gdk_font_ref(g_systemDefaultGuiFont);
+    }
+
     return g_systemDefaultGuiFont;
 }
 
 GdkFont *wxFont::GetInternalFont( float scale ) const
 {
-    if (!Ok())
-    {
-        wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("invalid font") );
+    GdkFont *font = (GdkFont *) NULL;
 
-        return (GdkFont*) NULL;
-    }
+    wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), font, wxT("invalid font") )
 
     long int_scale = long(scale * 100.0 + 0.5); /* key for fontlist */
     int point_scale = (int)((M_FONTDATA->m_pointSize * 10 * int_scale) / 100);
-    GdkFont *font = (GdkFont *) NULL;
 
     wxNode *node = M_FONTDATA->m_scaled_xfonts.Find(int_scale);
     if (node)
     {
         font = (GdkFont*)node->Data();
     }
-    else
+    else // we don't have this font in this size yet
     {
-        if (*this == wxSystemSettings::GetSystemFont( wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT))
+        if (*this == wxSystemSettings::GetFont( wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT))
         {
             font = GtkGetDefaultGuiFont();
         }
-        else
+
+        if ( !font )
         {
-            font = wxLoadQueryNearestFont( point_scale,
-                                           M_FONTDATA->m_family,
-                                           M_FONTDATA->m_style,
-                                           M_FONTDATA->m_weight,
-                                           M_FONTDATA->m_underlined,
-                                           M_FONTDATA->m_faceName,
-                                           M_FONTDATA->m_encoding );
+            // do we have the XLFD?
+            if ( M_FONTDATA->HasNativeFont() )
+            {
+                font = wxLoadFont(M_FONTDATA->m_nativeFontInfo.GetXFontName());
+            }
+
+            // no XLFD of no exact match - try the approximate one now
+            if ( !font )
+            {
+                wxString xfontname;
+                font = wxLoadQueryNearestFont( point_scale,
+                                               M_FONTDATA->m_family,
+                                               M_FONTDATA->m_style,
+                                               M_FONTDATA->m_weight,
+                                               M_FONTDATA->m_underlined,
+                                               M_FONTDATA->m_faceName,
+                                               M_FONTDATA->m_encoding,
+                                               &xfontname);
+                if ( font )
+                {
+                    M_FONTDATA->m_nativeFontInfo.SetXFontName(xfontname);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
-        M_FONTDATA->m_scaled_xfonts.Append( int_scale, (wxObject*)font );
+        if ( font )
+        {
+            M_FONTDATA->m_scaled_xfonts.Append( int_scale, (wxObject*)font );
+        }
     }
 
     // it's quite useless to make it a wxCHECK because we're going to crash