There is patch from Mageia Linux in attachment.
diff -ur tuxtype-1.8.3.orig/src/globals.h tuxtype-1.8.3/src/globals.h --- tuxtype-1.8.3.orig/src/globals.h 2014-08-20 07:55:27.000000000 +0400 +++ tuxtype-1.8.3/src/globals.h 2015-10-16 18:51:00.000000000 +0300 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ #define DEFAULT_GAME_FONT "AndikaDesRevG.ttf" #define DEFAULT_MENU_FONT_SIZE 20 #define GAME_FONT_SIZE 20 -#define DEFAULT_LOCALE "en_US.UTF-8" +#define DEFAULT_LOCALE setlocale(LC_ALL, "") #define DEFAULT_USE_ENGLISH 1 #define DEFAULT_FULLSCREEN 1 #define DEFAULT_SYS_SOUND 1
