diff -ur fluxbox-0.9.11.orig/src/FbTk/Font.cc fluxbox-0.9.11/src/FbTk/Font.cc
--- fluxbox-0.9.11.orig/src/FbTk/Font.cc	2004-11-19 14:01:39.000000000 +0200
+++ fluxbox-0.9.11/src/FbTk/Font.cc	2004-12-24 19:19:46.015735856 +0200
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
     // create the right font implementation
     // antialias is prio 1
 #ifdef USE_XFT
-    if (antialias) {
+    if (antialias || m_utf8mode) {
         m_fontimp.reset(new XftFontImp(0, m_utf8mode));
     }
 #endif //USE_XFT