--- xlwtabs.c~	Wed Dec 08 10:21:19 1999
+++ xlwtabs.c	Tue Dec 14 12:25:06 1999
@@ -629,7 +632,8 @@
 	/* TODO: if any color changes, need to recompute GCs and redraw */
 
 	if( tw->core.background_pixel != curtw->core.background_pixel ||
-	    tw->core.background_pixmap != curtw->core.background_pixmap )
+	    tw->core.background_pixmap != curtw->core.background_pixmap ||
+	    tw->tabs.font != curtw->tabs.font )
 	  if( XtIsRealized(new) )
 	  {
 	    TabsFreeGCs(tw) ;