I did as you suggested. I changed the font to Arial, but I still keep getting the same message. Do you have any other rabbit in your hat :) . Please say yes..! It would be a real bumber if I am not able to fix this problem; I have spent a lot of time on the possibility of using GTK+ for my app's GUI. > jalkadir@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > > I got a message box saying: > > Pango-ERROR **: file shape.c: line 75(pango_shape): assertion > > failed:(glyphs->num_glyphs > 0) > > aborting... > > Aagghhh, that infamous message ;-) > > There could be several root causes that ultimately result in this > assertion failure. Unfortunately the true root causes of this message > are a bit hazy to me. Do you use the ms-windows theme engine ("wimp")? > One thing you could try to change the font used by Windows for its own > GUI (which the ms-windows theme engine then tells GTK+ to use, too) to > a TrueType font, like Arial. (Display Properties:Appearance:Advanced) > > --tml > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list