Unreadable labels/chars on windows version of Gtk+2 ?!!?

[lorenzo zampese electrolux it]

I made the basic "helloworld2" program form the gtk tutorial,
on Windows 2000 (English Version) using mingw (gcc 2.95) and gtk+ 2.0.
This basic program would open a toplevel window and 2 buttons
with label, but the labels are unreadable because gtk+ 2.0 shows me
"strange chars".
I made the same program using Gtk+1.3 and it worked well.
What's wrong now using Gtk+ 2.0 on windows?

Follows the source code :
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/* example-start helloworld2 helloworld2.c */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <gtk.h>

/* Our new improved callback.  The data passed to this function
 * is printed to stdout. */
void callback( GtkWidget *widget,
               gpointer   data )
{
    g_print ("Hello again - %s was pressed\n", (char *) data);
}

/* another callback */
gint delete_event( GtkWidget *widget,
                   GdkEvent  *event,
                   gpointer   data )
{
    gtk_main_quit();
    return(FALSE);
}

int main( int   argc,
          char *argv[] )
{
    /* GtkWidget is the storage type for widgets */
    GtkWidget *window;
    GtkWidget *button;
    GtkWidget *label;
    GtkWidget *box1;
    /*******************/

    /* This is called in all GTK applications. Arguments are parsed
     * from the command line and are returned to the application. */
    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

    /* Create a new window */
    window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

    /* This is a new call, which just sets the title of our
     * new window to "Hello Buttons!" */
    gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Hello Buttons!");

    /* Here we just set a handler for delete_event that immediately
     * exits GTK. */
    gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (window), "delete_event",
               GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (delete_event), NULL);

    /* Sets the border width of the window. */
    gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);

    /* We create a box to pack widgets into.  This is described in detail
     * in the "packing" section. The box is not really visible, it
     * is just used as a tool to arrange widgets. */
    box1 = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 0);

    /* Put the box into the main window. */
    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), box1);

    /* Creates a new button with the label "Button 1". */
    button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Button 1");

    /* Now when the button is clicked, we call the "callback" function
     * with a pointer to "button 1" as its argument */
    gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
               GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (callback), (gpointer) "button 1");

    /* Instead of gtk_container_add, we pack this button into the invisible
     * box, which has been packed into the window. */
    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(box1), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);

    /* Always remember this step, this tells GTK that our preparation for
     * this button is complete, and it can now be displayed. */
    gtk_widget_show(button);

    label= gtk_label_new("Electrolux S.P.A.");
    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(box1), label, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
    gtk_widget_show(label);

    /* Do these same steps again to create a second button */
    button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Button 2");

    /* Call the same callback function with a different argument,
     * passing a pointer to "button 2" instead. */
    gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
               GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (callback), (gpointer) "button 2");

    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(box1), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);

    /* The order in which we show the buttons is not really important, but
I
     * recommend showing the window last, so it all pops up at once. */
    gtk_widget_show(button);

    gtk_widget_show(box1);

    gtk_widget_show (window);

    /* Rest in gtk_main and wait for the fun to begin! */
    gtk_main ();

    return(0);
}
/* example-end */

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Thank you for help. :)