http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329043 $ gnome-font-viewer /usr/share/fonts/corefonts/timesi.ttf FT_Stream_ReadLong: invalid i/o; pos = 0x0, size = 0x3c534 FT_Stream_ReadAt: invalid read; expected 128 bytes, got 0 could not load face 'file:///usr/share/fonts/corefonts/timesi.ttf' This is an endianness bug, introduced 20051114 and currently present. Upstream has analysis and patch.
control-center-2.12.3 is fixed upstream. Suggest keyword 2.12.3 ppc.