If you are going to display AbiWord on the remote X server please make sure that files from the ${PREFIX}/share/AbiSuite/fonts directory available to your remote X server and add ${PREFIX}/share/AbiSuite/fonts into server's font path. For XFree86, add the line: FontPath "${PREFIX}/share/AbiSuite/fonts" in the "Files" section of your /etc/XF86Config file. If you use a different X server, please see its documentation on how to do this. Then re-start your X server.