I found the same thread and thats exactly what the problem was. I didn't 
have the fontconfig development libraries installed.  If you're running 
Ubuntu,  simply type: sudo apt-get install fontconfig, then rebuild Evas 
and you should be all set.

Mike

Dan Kronstal wrote:
> I've had this same issue, but not after a clean build/compile. I just 
> updated e17 and blew away the ~./.e folder and had the same missing 
> text issue. Someone on IRC told me that it might be an issue with 
> fontconfig not being installed (it was) or evas not being compiled 
> with fontconfig support (which i've never gone out of my way to do 
> before, and when i run efl stuff (like elitaire, or enna) there's no 
> issue with text). I haven't had time to look into it further, but 
> would be very interested in any resolution.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:55 PM, M.McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 on a new machine, as well as E17
>     using easy_e17.sh  Everything compiled and installed perfectly.  The
>     problem is that when I log into E17, there aren't any letters on
>     in the
>     menu or on any of the buttons, for example, the wizard that runs when
>     you login for the first time.  I've NEVER had this bug before and I'm
>     completely stuck.  Any ideas or help would be super appreciated.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Mike McNeil
>     Sr. Network Engineer
>     University of California Berkeley
>
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