http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5855
------- Additional Comments From me@gn0me.org 2006-12-08 22:00 ------- With help from vitamin in the #winehq channel, we found that the reason for this bug is Xorg 7.1.1 not properly handling bitmap fonts.
In order to fix this issue, load up regedit (if you can see some fonts) or your favourite text editor and edit your ~/.wine/user.reg to add the key:
[Software\Wine\X11 Driver] "ClientSideWithRender"="N"