Gtk2.0 on Windows with NO text?!

Hi, 

After spending a lot of time with Gtk1.2 on windows I have come to port an
application onto Windows using Gtk2.0.  The program runs fine, with one
problem, there is NO text anywhere!  All the controls are set up but the
text is not visible.?!?

I am using libglade2.0 (compiled by myself) 
I am using MSVC++
I am using all the packages specified EXCEPT:
Zlib <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm>, libpng
<http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libpng.htm>, libjpeg
<http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/jpeg.htm>, libtiff
<http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tiff.htm> and FreeType2
<http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm>. As ported and
packaged for Windows by the GnuWin32 <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net>
project. These are used both by GIMP, and by GTK+ 2.0 below. The "bin"
packages are the runtime ones, the "lib" packages are the ones needed by
developers.

Are these required?

At first I thought the reason for it now showing any text is because I
wasn't linking intl and/or iconv.  I have done that and it is not working?!

Could you give me any pointers??

Much appreciated,

Regards,

Martyn Russell