http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8095
------- Additional Comments From xerox_xerox2000@yahoo.co.uk 2007-19-04 13:50 ------- I gave this a try as well, and the application starts just fine for me , if copy the font arial.ttf into ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/ So i'd say not a bug in oleaut32, but maybe i'm way off.