I'm seeing this with 3.5.2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 as well. Workarounds helped but bold fonts are still too dark and ugly. Menu is fine and matches other desktop apps; it's just the content area that is messed up.
See the screenshots in my post here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7805114#post7805114
I'm seeing this with 3.5.2+nobinonly -0ubuntu0. 9.04.1 as well. Workarounds helped but bold fonts are still too dark and ugly. Menu is fine and matches other desktop apps; it's just the content area that is messed up.
See the screenshots in my post here: http:// ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?p=7805114# post7805114