tfixed the same issue in dmenu - dmenu - Dmenu fork with xft fonts.
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 (DIR) commit be6b534520a2da16b9813a4f954b98fa90beb513
 (DIR) parent db76b0f9a5823798ea51bfab3359bdaf8eccf7d5
 (HTM) Author: Anselm R.Garbe <arg@10ksloc.org>
       Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:56:55 +0200
       
       fixed the same issue in dmenu
       
       Diffstat:
         config.mk                           |       4 ++--
       
       1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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 (DIR) diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
       t@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
        # dmenu version
       -VERSION = 0.4
       +VERSION = 0.5
        
        # Customize below to fit your system
        
       t@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
        X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib
        
        # includes and libs
       -INCS = -I/usr/lib -I${X11INC}
       +INCS = -I/usr/include -I${X11INC}
        LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lc -L${X11LIB} -lX11
        
        # flags