Without this patch, trying to open the help screen could make the program segfault if the appropriate fonts weren't installed. --- ace-1.4/lib/help.c 2022-02-17 03:11:56.410174316 +0000 +++ ace-1.4-alpine/lib/help.c 2022-02-17 03:46:31.476912695 +0000 @@ -179,7 +179,18 @@ for (i=0; i<17; i++) { if (!fonts[i]) + { fonts[i] = XLoadQueryFont(display, i & STYLE_TT ? "fixed" : "variable"); + if (!fonts[i]) + { + int count; + char **fontlist = XListFonts(display, "*", 1, &count); + if (count == 0) + abort(); + fonts[i] = XLoadQueryFont(display, fontlist[0]); + XFreeFontNames(fontlist); + } + } thin_space[i] = XTextWidth(fonts[i], " ", 1); } for (i=0; i