diff -upr mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-model.c mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-model.c

--- mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-model.c	2015-08-30 00:53:43.971130641 +0200

+++ mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-model.c	2015-08-30 00:40:30.405967000 +0200

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ ensure_font_list (FontViewModel *self)

     FcObjectSet *os;

     gint i;

     FcChar8 *file;

-    gchar *font_name;

+    gchar *font_name, *collation_key;

     GdkPixbuf *pix;

     if (self->priv->font_list) {

@@ -375,15 +375,20 @@ ensure_font_list (FontViewModel *self)

             continue;

         pix = get_fallback_icon ();

+        collation_key = g_utf8_collate_key (font_name, -1);

+

         gtk_list_store_insert_with_values (GTK_LIST_STORE (self), NULL, -1,

                                            COLUMN_NAME, font_name,

                                            COLUMN_POINTER, self->priv->font_list->fonts[i],

                                            COLUMN_PATH, file,

                                            COLUMN_ICON, pix,

+                                           COLUMN_COLLATION_KEY, collation_key,

                                            -1);

         ensure_thumbnail (self, (const gchar *) file);

+

         g_free (font_name);

+        g_free (collation_key);

         g_object_unref (pix);

     }

 }

@@ -403,20 +408,20 @@ font_view_model_sort_func (GtkTreeModel

                            GtkTreeIter *b,

                            gpointer user_data)

 {

-    gchar *name_a = NULL, *name_b = NULL;

+    gchar *key_a = NULL, *key_b = NULL;

     int retval;

     gtk_tree_model_get (model, a,

-                        COLUMN_NAME, &name_a,

+                        COLUMN_COLLATION_KEY, &key_a,

                         -1);

     gtk_tree_model_get (model, b,

-                        COLUMN_NAME, &name_b,

+                        COLUMN_COLLATION_KEY, &key_b,

                         -1);

-    retval = g_strcmp0 (name_a, name_b);

+    retval = g_strcmp0 (key_a, key_b);

-    g_free (name_a);

-    g_free (name_b);

+    g_free (key_a);

+    g_free (key_b);

     return retval;

 }

@@ -471,7 +476,7 @@ static void

 font_view_model_init (FontViewModel *self)

 {

     GType types[NUM_COLUMNS] =

-        { G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_POINTER, G_TYPE_STRING, GDK_TYPE_PIXBUF };

+        { G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_POINTER, G_TYPE_STRING, GDK_TYPE_PIXBUF, G_TYPE_STRING };

     self->priv = G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE (self, FONT_VIEW_TYPE_MODEL, FontViewModelPrivate);

diff -upr mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-model.h mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-model.h

--- mate-control-center/font-viewer/font-model.h	2015-08-30 00:52:33.749410713 +0200

+++ mate-control-center-test/font-viewer/font-model.h	2015-08-30 00:46:30.223670000 +0200

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ typedef enum {

   COLUMN_POINTER,

   COLUMN_PATH,

   COLUMN_ICON,

+  COLUMN_COLLATION_KEY,

   NUM_COLUMNS

 } FontViewModelColumns;