[Bug 1170172] [NEW] update-notifier suddenly started using totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text - boxes and dots

[B Bobo]

Public bug reported:

Every so often the update-notifier normally pops up a window mentioning
the latest new Ubuntu release. However, after installing lots of Ubuntu
fonts and some graphite fonts, the update notifier popup window has
stopped showing any text and started showing only weird symbols like
boxes and dots, making it totally unreadable. Other applications like
gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror etc are still working ok without
displaying these weird symbols. Why is update-notifier not working
normally?

This is update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04.02 precise.

See the sequence attached of 12 screenshots of the weird symbols in
update-notifier, showing an attempt to copy-select the lines of symbols
in the popup window.

** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: update-notifier

** Summary changed:

- update notifier suddenly started using a totally unreadable weird symbols intead of text - boxes and dots
+ update-notifier suddenly started using totally unreadable weird symbols intead of text - boxes and dots

** Summary changed:

- update-notifier suddenly started using totally unreadable weird symbols intead of text - boxes and dots
+ update-notifier suddenly started using totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text - boxes and dots

** Description changed:

  Every so often the update-notifier normally pops up a window mentioning
  the latest new Ubuntu release. However, after installing lots of Ubuntu
  fonts and some graphite fonts, the update notifier popup window has
  stopped showing any text and started showing only weird symbols like
  boxes and dots, making it totally unreadable. Other applications like
  gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror etc are still working ok without
  displaying these weird symbols. Why is update-notifier not working
  normally?
  
  This is update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04.02 precise.
+ 
+ See attached screenshots of the weird symbols in update-notifier.

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Title:
  update-notifier suddenly started using totally unreadable weird
  symbols instead of text - boxes and dots

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Every so often the update-notifier normally pops up a window
  mentioning the latest new Ubuntu release. However, after installing
  lots of Ubuntu fonts and some graphite fonts, the update notifier
  popup window has stopped showing any text and started showing only
  weird symbols like boxes and dots, making it totally unreadable. Other
  applications like gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror etc are still
  working ok without displaying these weird symbols. Why is update-
  notifier not working normally?

  This is update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04.02 precise.

  See the sequence attached of 12 screenshots of the weird symbols in
  update-notifier, showing an attempt to copy-select the lines of
  symbols in the popup window.

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