diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 0be24913..aab6a0f3 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7870,9 +7870,11 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   and also to use the correct directory with --edit (the latter reported by Marko
   Mäkelä).
 
-2014-01-16: Version 2.0.6
+2014-01-25: Version 2.0.6
 
 - Updated 'sources.conf' (thanks to Antti Hartikainen).
+- cFont::CreateFont() now returns a dummy font in case there are no fonts installed.
+  This prevents a crash with the LCARS skin on a system that has no fonts.
 - Increased MIN_TS_PACKETS_FOR_FRAME_DETECTOR to 10 in order to be able to record
   channels that need more than 5 TS packets for detecting frame borders (reported by
   Eike Sauer).
diff --git a/font.c b/font.c
index c6400d4e..91299389 100644
--- a/font.c
+++ b/font.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * BiDi support by Osama Alrawab <alrawab@hotmail.com> @2008 Tripoli-Libya.
  *
- * $Id: font.c 2.13.1.1 2013/04/07 14:54:15 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: font.c 2.13.1.2 2014/01/25 14:25:29 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "font.h"
@@ -382,10 +382,13 @@ void cFreetypeFont::DrawText(cPixmap *Pixmap, int x, int y, const char *s, tColo
 // A dummy font, in case there are no fonts installed:
 
 class cDummyFont : public cFont {
+private:
+  int height;
 public:
-  virtual int Width(uint c) const { return 10; }
-  virtual int Width(const char *s) const { return 50; }
-  virtual int Height(void) const { return 20; }
+  cDummyFont(int CharHeight) { height = CharHeight; }
+  virtual int Width(uint c) const { return height; }
+  virtual int Width(const char *s) const { return height; }
+  virtual int Height(void) const { return height; }
   virtual void DrawText(cBitmap *Bitmap, int x, int y, const char *s, tColor ColorFg, tColor ColorBg, int Width) const {}
   virtual void DrawText(cPixmap *Pixmap, int x, int y, const char *s, tColor ColorFg, tColor ColorBg, int Width) const {};
   };
@@ -396,11 +399,8 @@ cFont *cFont::fonts[eDvbFontSize] = { NULL };
 
 void cFont::SetFont(eDvbFont Font, const char *Name, int CharHeight)
 {
-  cFont *f = CreateFont(Name, constrain(CharHeight, MINFONTSIZE, MAXFONTSIZE));
-  if (!f || !f->Height())
-     f = new cDummyFont;
   delete fonts[Font];
-  fonts[Font] = f;
+  fonts[Font] = CreateFont(Name, constrain(CharHeight, MINFONTSIZE, MAXFONTSIZE));
 }
 
 const cFont *cFont::GetFont(eDvbFont Font)
@@ -423,9 +423,10 @@ const cFont *cFont::GetFont(eDvbFont Font)
 cFont *cFont::CreateFont(const char *Name, int CharHeight, int CharWidth)
 {
   cString fn = GetFontFileName(Name);
-  if (*fn)
-     return new cFreetypeFont(fn, CharHeight, CharWidth);
-  return NULL;
+  cFont *f = *fn ? new cFreetypeFont(fn, CharHeight, CharWidth) : NULL;
+  if (!f || !f->Height())
+     f = new cDummyFont(CharHeight);
+  return f;
 }
 
 bool cFont::GetAvailableFontNames(cStringList *FontNames, bool Monospaced)
diff --git a/font.h b/font.h
index 86bd8b33..02008742 100644
--- a/font.h
+++ b/font.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: font.h 2.7 2013/02/17 13:17:42 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: font.h 2.7.1.1 2014/01/25 14:24:51 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __FONT_H
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
           ///< default width. Name is of the form "Family:Style", for instance
           ///< "Verdana:Bold Italic" or "Times New Roman". See GetAvailableFontNames()
           ///< for how to get a list of all available font names.
-          ///< If the requested font can't be created, NULL is returned.
+          ///< If the requested font can't be created, a dummy font is returned.
           ///< The caller must delete the font when it is no longer needed.
   static bool GetAvailableFontNames(cStringList *FontNames, bool Monospaced = false);
           ///< Queries the font configuration for a list of available font names,