diff --git a/src/yfontxft.cc b/src/yfontxft.cc
index 4d09c9d3..66350dd0 100644
--- a/src/yfontxft.cc
+++ b/src/yfontxft.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "yfontbase.h"
 #include "ylocale.h"
 #include "ybidi.h"
+#include "ascii.h"
 #include "intl.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public:
     YXftFont(XftFont* font);
     virtual ~YXftFont();
 
+    XftFont* load(const char* name, const char* lang, bool xlfd);
     bool valid() const override { return 0 < fFontCount; }
     int descent() const override { return fDescent; }
     int ascent() const override { return fAscent; }
@@ -95,22 +97,46 @@ private:
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-YXftFont::YXftFont(mstring name, bool use_xlfd):
+static bool getLang(char* buf, size_t size) {
+    char* env = getenv("LANG");
+    if (env == nullptr)
+        env = getenv("LC_ALL");
+    if (env) {
+        strlcpy(buf, env, size);
+        int k = ASCII::spanLower(buf);
+        if (k == 2 || k == 3) {
+            if ((buf[k] == '_' || buf[k] == '-') &&
+                ASCII::spanUpper(buf + k + 1) == 2)
+            {
+                buf[k] = '-';
+                buf[k + 1] = ASCII::toLower(buf[k + 1]);
+                buf[k + 2] = ASCII::toLower(buf[k + 2]);
+                k += 3;
+            }
+            buf[k] = '\0';
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    buf[0] = '\0';
+    return false;
+}
+
+YXftFont::YXftFont(mstring name, bool xlfd):
     fFontCount(1 + name.count(',')),
     fAscent(0),
     fDescent(0),
     fFonts(new XftFont* [fFontCount])
 {
+    char lang[8] = "";
+    if (xlfd == false) {
+        getLang(lang, sizeof(lang));
+    }
+
     int count = 0;
     for (mstring s(name), r; s.splitall(',', &s, &r); s = r) {
         mstring fname = s.trim();
         if (fname.nonempty() && count < fFontCount) {
-            XftFont* font;
-            if (use_xlfd) {
-                font = XftFontOpenXlfd(xapp->display(), xapp->screen(), fname);
-            } else {
-                font = XftFontOpenName(xapp->display(), xapp->screen(), fname);
-            }
+            XftFont* font = load(fname, lang, xlfd);
             if (font) {
                 fFonts[count++] = font;
             } else {
@@ -144,12 +170,32 @@ YXftFont::YXftFont(XftFont* font) :
 
 YXftFont::~YXftFont() {
     if (xapp) {
-        for (int i = fFontCount; 0 < i--; )
+        for (int i = fFontCount; 0 < i--; ) {
             XftFontClose(xapp->display(), fFonts[i]);
+            fFonts[i] = nullptr;
+        }
     }
     delete[] fFonts;
 }
 
+XftFont* YXftFont::load(const char* name, const char* lang, bool xlfd) {
+    XftFont* font = nullptr;
+    if (xlfd) {
+        font = XftFontOpenXlfd(xapp->display(), xapp->screen(), name);
+    }
+    else {
+        if (*lang && strstr(name, ":lang=") == nullptr) {
+            char buf[1234];
+            snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s:lang=%s", name, lang);
+            font = XftFontOpenName(xapp->display(), xapp->screen(), buf);
+        }
+        if (font == nullptr) {
+            font = XftFontOpenName(xapp->display(), xapp->screen(), name);
+        }
+    }
+    return font;
+}
+
 int YXftFont::textWidth(wchar_t* text, int length) const {
     TextParts parts = partitions(text, length);
     parts.discard();