After the merge -u world upgrade of xfree to xorg-x11 there are no standart x11 fonts installed like -adobe-helvetica-* or -b&h-lucida-* Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
USE=bitmap-fonts emerge xorg-x11.
See comment #1.
to build the bitmapped fonts should be the default (especially when its meant as upgrade of the xfree package which has them built by default) the use flag should be no-bitmap-fonts
Yes, it should be. That's why it's in most of the profiles. grep bitmap /etc/make.profile/make.defaults