diff -urN nxlib-0.45/LoadFont.c nxlib-0.45.patched/LoadFont.c
--- nxlib-0.45/LoadFont.c	Mon Aug 11 22:04:45 2003
+++ nxlib-0.45.patched/LoadFont.c	Mon Dec 11 15:18:27 2006
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "nxlib.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 static int
 prefix(const char *prestr, char *allstr)
@@ -13,6 +14,54 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+#define DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE 12
+int 
+getSize(char *name) {
+     char *p = name;
+     if (p == NULL) return DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
+     while (!isdigit(*p)) ++p;
+     return (atoi(p));    
+}
+
+int 
+isSameFont(const char *xfontname, char *font) {
+     int ret;
+     int sz = getSize(font);
+     char *localXfontname = NULL;
+     char *s;
+     char *d;
+
+     if (sz) 
+	  return strcmp(xfontname, font);
+
+     /* here the found font is 0 size: i.e, it's rescalable,
+      * so it works for every possible xfontname size)
+      */
+     
+     localXfontname = strdup(xfontname);
+     if (localXfontname == NULL)
+	  return -1;
+
+     /* set size of localXfontname to 0 and check again */
+     s = localXfontname;
+     d = localXfontname;
+     /* go to 1st digit: it's the font size */
+     for (;*s && (!isdigit(*s)); ++s, ++d) *d = *s;
+     /* set font size to 0 */
+     *d = '0';
+     ++d;
+     /* skip other numbers of font size field */
+     for (;*s && (isdigit(*s)); ++s);     
+     /* copy the remaining string */
+     for (;*s; ++s, ++d) *d = *s;   
+     /* terminate the string */
+     *d = *s;
+     //printf("isSameFont: %s %s %s\n", xfontname, localXfontname, font);
+     ret = strcmp(localXfontname, font);
+     free(localXfontname);
+     return ret;
+}
+
 char *
 _nxFindX11Font(const char *xfontname)
 {
@@ -50,8 +99,8 @@
 			font = strchr(buffer, ' ');
 			*font++ = '\0';
 
-			//printf("checking '%s' '%s'\n", xfontname, font);
-			if (strcmp(xfontname, font) == 0) {
+			//printf("_nxFindX11Font: checking '%s' '%s'\n", xfontname, font);
+			if (isSameFont(xfontname, font) == 0) {
 				ret = (char *) Xmalloc(strlen(_nxfontlist[f]) +
 						      strlen(file) + 2);
 				sprintf(ret, "%s/%s", _nxfontlist[f], file);
@@ -62,6 +111,7 @@
 		}
 
 		/* not found, try <prefix.pcf> */
+		printf("_nxFindX11Font: not found %s\n", xfontname);
 		fseek(fontdir, 0L, SEEK_SET);
 		fgets(buffer, 128, fontdir);
 		for (i = 0; i < fcount; i++) {
@@ -77,7 +127,7 @@
 			font = strchr(buffer, ' ');
 			*font++ = '\0';
 
-			//printf("chk2 '%s' '%s'\n", xfontname, file);
+			//printf("_nxFindX11Font: chk2 '%s' '%s'\n", xfontname, file);
 			if (prefix(xfontname, file)) {
 				ret = (char *) Xmalloc(strlen(_nxfontlist[f]) +
 						      strlen(file) + 2);
@@ -108,6 +158,7 @@
 {
 	GR_FONT_ID font = 0;
 	char *fontname;
+	int sz;
 
 	/* first check for wildcards*/
 	if (any('*', name) || any('?', name)) {
@@ -123,16 +174,24 @@
 
 	/* first try to find from X11/fonts.dir file*/
 	fontname = _nxFindX11Font(fontname);
-
+	
 	/* if not found, try 6x13 for "fixed"*/
 	if (!fontname && !strcmp(name, "fixed"))
 		fontname = _nxFindX11Font("6x13");
 
 	/* found font, load into server*/
-	if (fontname)
-		font = GrCreateFont(fontname, 0, NULL);
 
-printf("XLoadFont('%s') = '%s' [%d]\n", name, fontname, font);
+	// GMY 20061206: GrCreateFont needs the font size:
+        // I take the size from the font name and pass on 
+        // to it.
+	if (fontname) {
+	        sz = getSize(name);
+		font = GrCreateFont(fontname, sz, NULL);
+	}
+
+printf("XLoadFont('%s') = '%s' [%d] size=%d\n", name, fontname, font, sz);
+
+
 	if (fontname)
 		Xfree(fontname);
 	return font;