If you run this:
	{for (i in `{seq 1 70000}) echo '½•α·'} | mc | wc
mc will eventually suicide. The error comes from
/sys/src/libdraw/font.c:/^agefont which assumes it has a
display. Normally, this is set up by geninitdraw (usually
via initdraw), but mc.c avoids that to avoid the screen
redraws (flicker, at a minimum, but worse in long-running
cases). 

graphics(2) does not prohibit this use, so I made the least
intrusive change to make it work.

Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/agefont-nodisplay
Date: Mon May 20 23:55:26 CES 2013
Signed-off-by: a@9srv.net

--- /sys/src/libdraw/font.c	Mon May 20 23:45:31 2013
+++ /sys/src/libdraw/font.c	Mon May 20 23:45:24 2013
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 			if(s->age){
 				if(s->age<SUBFAGE && s->cf->name != nil){
 					/* clean up */
-					if(s->f != display->defaultsubfont)
+					if(display == nil || s->f != display->defaultsubfont)
 						freesubfont(s->f);
 					s->cf = nil;
 					s->f = nil;