diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 57b79dfbf2..360a691e7f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Nov 11 23:54:00 2003  Nathaniel Talbott  <ntalbott@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/test/unit/ui/gtk/testrunner.rb: added a rescue clause to handle
+	  the case when the requested font is not available.
+
 Tue Nov 11 22:44:08 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* io.c (appendline): file may not end with newline.  a bug if
diff --git a/lib/test/unit/ui/gtk/testrunner.rb b/lib/test/unit/ui/gtk/testrunner.rb
index a4f9f0133a..b62e76920b 100644
--- a/lib/test/unit/ui/gtk/testrunner.rb
+++ b/lib/test/unit/ui/gtk/testrunner.rb
@@ -328,7 +328,9 @@ module Test
               @fault_detail_label = EnhancedLabel.new("")
               style = Gtk::Style.new
               font = Gdk::Font.font_load("-*-Courier New-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*")
-              style.set_font(font)
+              begin
+                style.set_font(font)
+              rescue ArgumentError; end
               @fault_detail_label.set_style(style)
               @fault_detail_label.set_justify(Gtk::JUSTIFY_LEFT)
               @fault_detail_label.set_line_wrap(false)