Fonts are completely unreadable

[David Geller]

Following fresh install, when I bring up emacs, the fonts are totally unreadable and gibberish.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: emacs 47.0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Oct 14 13:56:19 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-14 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: emacs-defaults
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)