10g Report fonts mix when moved to Unix [SOLVED]

I have 10g Report Developer on my Windows station and on the Unix Oracle Application Server.
Windows looks and works normally.
However, the same report, when moved to Unix, has "fixed" as the font and the size is not changeable.
When run to PDF, smaller font parts like the 'page number' show correctly in Arial, but regularly sized data items and header show in Courier.
I believe the fonts & printer are not set correctly on the server.
How do I verify the install & setup?
Edited by: New Rodeo on Oct 2, 2008 3:46 PM
Edited by: New Rodeo on Oct 2, 2008 4:39 PM

seems to be an issue with my x-windows server setup (x-ming)
if i copy the rdf files from my windows box to the unix box without compiling in the unix box via developer in x-win, the fonts appear correctly when run

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