Flashing text at bottom of grub menu

[Kev Bowring]

Following updates to grub-common,grub-pc, grub-pc-bin and grub2-common I see the text at the bottom of the screen flashing just above in a different font. Simultaneously the font of the grub menu entries changes font.

Small video attached showing the issue.

Additionally - moving inside the grub menu is just wrong - video of that also attached

See this in both virtual machines and on hardware.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: grub-pc 2.02-2ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Feb 7 22:08:59 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-02 (158 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170902)
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1748028

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Also seeing this here.

[amano (jyaku)]

Wow, that is ugly. This should definitvely be a release blocker...