How can I make fonts work correctly with ssh -X?

Question

The following happens with any GUI application after I ssh to a VPS with -X (from Apple's Terminal with XQuartz):

[x@y]$ emacs ~/.bashrc

(emacs:1110): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='latin'

True to it's threat, the output is very ugly indeed...not in the text of the file I'm editing, but for all strings in the application layer. (Installing new applications that use a GUI installer, e.g., was impossible because I couldn't read the dialog boxes.)

[Apparently I can't post images yet; I will later when I have some street cred.]

What am I missing and how can I get past this?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Found help here finally:

yum install liberation-sans-fonts

Now emacs is working properly, it appears.