It does the same for me on Feisty up to date. I believe it needs to be compiled with xft backend support.
** Changed in: emacs21 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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emacs21(X11) displays boxes for fonts then crashes
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81027
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