The version test fails for two reasons:
* fontforge --version does not print anything that resembles what the configure
  script expects a version to look like
* fontforge fails to print a version if it cannot connect to an X display

--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 
 STEPMAKE_PYTHON_DEVEL(REQUIRED, 2.4, 3.0)
 
-STEPMAKE_PATH_PROG(FONTFORGE, fontforge, REQUIRED, 20110222)
+STEPMAKE_PATH_PROG(FONTFORGE, fontforge, REQUIRED,)
 
 STEPMAKE_PATH_PROG(T1ASM, t1asm, REQUIRED)