No different languages, but I have changed the theme now and then. The theme is now Ambient, and the font, sans. However, since a brand new user also experiences the problem, it has to be something in the system-wide configuration Are there launcher settings in gconf-editor that could affect this? If you look at the screenshot, it's almost as if the letters are there, but super boldfaced, and perhaps cropped at the letter boundaries. No other applications appear to be affected however. Perhaps this is unrelated, but i'll mention it in case... I have also noticed that you can't add widgets to the default panel In the 3d launcher. Works fine inthe 2d, but in the 3d no matter where you right-click, there is never an "add to panel" option. I'm not concerned about it however - unless it's related. Brent :) On 2010-04-13, at 1:55 AM, Didier Roche