Please describe the problem:
The zoom values in the status bar show the hexadecimal value of an unavailable unicode character instead of a small empty space between the number and percent sign, unless Lucida Sans Unicode font is defined as the Windows desktop font, which contains a full unicode character set. No other standard fonts in Windows contain the character.

Steps to reproduce:
1. standard installation of GIMP with "MS-Windows engine for GTK+"
2. start GIMP and open a file
3. strange character between number and percent, instead of white space


Actual results:


Expected results:
Do not use a character for white space that is normally not in any Windows font

Does this happen every time?
Yes. Also on all other Windows XP systems checked.

Other information:
Workaround is to install GIMP in windows without the MS-Windows engine for GTK+
 - choose "Customize" when installing Gimp
 - uncheck "MS-Windows engine for GTK+"
The problem is not present if the Windows look-and-feel is not installed.