If you can't see the address to the above workaround, here's what to do:
1. Log out of Xfce
2. Explicitly set session type to Xfce in gdm
3. Login. Now xrdb is populated, and firefox and openoffice will respect Xfce's font settings.
If you can't see the address to the above workaround, here's what to do:
1. Log out of Xfce
2. Explicitly set session type to Xfce in gdm
3. Login. Now xrdb is populated, and firefox and openoffice will respect Xfce's font settings.