freemind freezes when started. Message: Warning: the font you have set as standard - null - is not available

[jan]

Binary package hint: freemind

Installed freemind with Synaptic under Ubuntu 8.04.
Started application from command-line.
Get a reasonably-looing screen, but menus nor anything else works.
Closing the window gives feedback that the application is not responding.
Output to the console below.
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Looking for user properties:
/home/jhh/.freemind/user.properties

User properties found.
Default (System) Look & Feel: javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
Warning: the font you have set as standard - null - is not available.
[Freemind-Developer-Internal-Warning (do not write a bug report, please)]: Tried to get view without being able to get map module.
[Freemind-Developer-Internal-Warning (do not write a bug report, please)]: Tried to get view without being able to get map module.
Killed

[Artem Kudymovsky (artem-kudymovsky)]

I can confirm that this is still a problem in 8.10 Intrepid. Since this bug is fairly new, I would suggest to prioritize it as a blocker issue, since it's not possible to use an application.