http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5978
--- Comment #18 from Rich Williamson w7ki@yahoo.com 2008-03-02 00:44:51 --- (In reply to comment #17)
If FreeType 2.3.5 doesn't make a difference that might be fontforge whom to blame. Have you tried other fontforge versions?
I'm not using fontforge. These fonts are the ones included with wine and have your name in the Copyright notice. I've been using a hex editor to examine coure.fon (which works) and vgasys.fon (which doesn't work). They are very similar in size & structure so it will be some minor little thing. Perhaps the programs are attempting to set a point size which is supported in one font but not the other.