I've now tested with Maverick RC, and the problem is still the same as in Jaunty. I tried rmarks suggestion with changing the order of the <cachedir> elements in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. It works, but only if I have no bitmap fonts overrides in my local ~/.fonts directory.
To fully fix the issue, I still have to remove /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf to get all the bitmap fonts I need (in particular the "fixed" font).
I've now tested with Maverick RC, and the problem is still the same as in Jaunty. I tried rmarks suggestion with changing the order of the <cachedir> elements in /etc/fonts/ fonts.conf. It works, but only if I have no bitmap fonts overrides in my local ~/.fonts directory.
To fully fix the issue, I still have to remove /etc/fonts/ conf.d/ 70-no-bitmaps. conf to get all the bitmap fonts I need (in particular the "fixed" font).