http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11281
--- Comment #23 from Paul "TBBle" Hampson Paul.Hampson@Pobox.com 2009-04-27 07:02:26 --- If the text is ugly, it's because your font replacements are wrong, so it's falling back to the first font that supports Japanese script (which on your machine is probably a very scripty one, similar to on mine).
A registry entry something like [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Fonts\Replacements] "MS Gothic"="Kochi Gothic" "MS Mincho"="Kochi Mincho" "MS PGothic"="Kochi Gothic" "MS PMincho"="Kochi Mincho" "MS UI Gothic"="Kochi Gothic"
should fix it, if you have the Kochi fonts installed. If you have the IPAMona fonts installed, try this instead, it's a more accurate replacement set. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Fonts\Replacements] "MS Gothic"="IPAMonaGothic" "MS Mincho"="IPAMonaMincho" "MS PGothic"="IPAMonaPGothic" "MS PMincho"="IPAMonaPMincho" "MS UI Gothic"="IPAMonaUIGothic"
Not that using these, you have to change your FontLinks entries. The name can stay MS Gothic, but the filename must match the actual filename being loaded by Wine. See HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Fonts for a list of font names and the filename they match. Ignore the " (TrueType)" in the font name, and the path to the file, only the filename matters.