Font problems in Gtk-1.2.1

[Dov Grobgeld <dov pixel weizmann ac il>]

Hello,

I just updated to RedHat 6.0 and as a part of that from Gtk-1.1.15 to
Gtk+-1.2.1. . 

Unfortunately this upgrade caused the following code which worked
in 1.1.15 to not display the Hebrew characters \354 and \371 to
be displayed anymore.

    font = gdk_font_load("-*-web-*-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-8");
    gdk_draw_string(drawing_area->window,
	  	    font,
		    gc,
		    x,y,"ab\354\371");
    
When running this code only "ab" is drawn in Gtk+-1.2.1 .

Is this a feature or a bug?

Regards,
Dov