After I posted I found another workaround, maybe worth 98%. I was able to turn hinting back on. There is still an underlying bug.
add or edit xorg.conf as follows Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "uxa" EndSection http://askubuntu.com/questions/582980/missing-letters-in-menus-and-folder-names/606583#606583 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554935 Title: fontconfig corrupted fonts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/+bug/554935/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
