diff -ur skencil-orig/Sketch/Base/config.py skencil-new/Sketch/Base/config.py
--- skencil-orig/Sketch/Base/config.py	2004-06-05 13:56:10.000000000 -0700
+++ skencil-new/Sketch/Base/config.py	2004-06-10 19:46:08.000000000 -0700
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
 # On platforms other than Linux this probably needs a few additional
 # directories. (non-existing dirs are automatically removed)
 font_path = ['/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1',
-             '/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts']
+             '/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts',
+             '/usr/share/fonts']
 
 
 # List of directories, where Skencil searches for resource files like
diff -ur skencil-orig/Sketch/Lib/util.py skencil-new/Sketch/Lib/util.py
--- skencil-orig/Sketch/Lib/util.py	2003-01-16 12:05:53.000000000 -0700
+++ skencil-new/Sketch/Lib/util.py	2004-06-10 21:09:23.000000000 -0700
@@ -136,11 +136,16 @@
 # PATHS. Return the name of the first one found, None if no file is
 # found.
 def find_files_in_path(paths, files):
-    for path in paths:
-	for file in files:
-	    fullname = os.path.join(path, file)
-	    if os.path.isfile(fullname):
-		return fullname
+    stack = paths
+    while stack:
+        dir = stack.pop()
+        for file in os.listdir(dir):
+            fullname = os.path.join(dir, file)
+            if file in files:
+                if os.path.isfile(fullname):
+                    return fullname
+            if os.path.isdir(fullname) and not os.path.islink(fullname):
+                stack.append(fullname)
 
 
 # Create the directory dir and its parent dirs when necessary