I've determined why the fonts are needed by some Linux applications, but
not others.
Jon TURNEY from the Cygwin X11 project gave a very good overview:
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2014-07/threads.html#2
Nomachine also had a very good explanation:
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clone #108 -1
Bug #108 [x2goclient] Missing fonts in X application
Bug 108 cloned as bug 538
reassign -1 pyhoca-contrib
Bug #538 [x2goclient] Missing fonts in X application
Bug reassigned from package 'x2goclient' to 'pyhoca-contrib'.
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tag #108 pending
fixed #108 4.0.2.1
thanks
Hello,
X2Go issue #108 (src:x2goclient) reported by you has been
fixed in X2Go Git. You can see the changelog below, and you can
check the diff of the fix at:
http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goclient.git;a=commitdiff;h=c0bc05f
The issue will most