diff -urN gnome-pim-1.2.0.orig/gncal/gnome-month-item.c gnome-pim-1.2.0/gncal/gnome-month-item.c
--- gnome-pim-1.2.0.orig/gncal/gnome-month-item.c	Tue Sep 28 05:56:29 1999
+++ gnome-pim-1.2.0/gncal/gnome-month-item.c	Sun Sep  3 21:21:41 2000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "gnome-month-item.h"
 
 
-#define DEFAULT_FONT "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-p-*-*-*"
+#define DEFAULT_FONT "-*-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
 
 
 /* Number of days in a month, for normal and leap years */
@@ -772,13 +772,13 @@
 
 	/* Load the default fonts */
 
-	mitem->head_font = gdk_font_load (DEFAULT_FONT);
+	mitem->head_font = gdk_fontset_load (DEFAULT_FONT);
 	if (!mitem->head_font) {
 		mitem->head_font = gdk_font_load ("fixed");
 		g_assert (mitem->head_font != NULL);
 	}
 
-	mitem->day_font = gdk_font_load (DEFAULT_FONT);
+	mitem->day_font = gdk_fontset_load (DEFAULT_FONT);
 	if (!mitem->day_font) {
 		mitem->day_font = gdk_font_load ("fixed");
 		g_assert (mitem->day_font != NULL);