$ FC_DEBUG=256 fc-cache -f . That should dump out lines starting with ''found name'' that show fontconfig walking through the available names in the font. If the style names do appear, post the output for the relevant font files to the fontconfig bugzilla (http://fontconfig.org/bugzilla) so that the underlying cause might be found. If the style names don''t appear, then your font files are either broken or FreeType has a bug. Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team HP Cambridge Research Lab