# No text is showing on menu screen

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-text-is-showing-on-menu-screen/27316>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-text-is-showing-on-menu-screen/27316 "2021-11-16T16:25:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dulsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dulsi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dulsi)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-text-is-showing-on-menu-screen/27316/1 "2021-11-16T16:25:29Z")

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I’m looking to update the version of Cataclysm on Fedora. I built it successfully but when I run the tiles version, I’m not seeing any text on the screen. I have a blue box to show what menu is selected. When I go to MOTD or Credits, it pops up the window outline but again no text.

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-text-is-showing-on-menu-screen/27316/2 "2021-11-17T17:09:35Z")

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Try using a different font. There is a bug in recent Freetype lib version that makes specific fonts non-renderable

- [Verify font can be rendered successfully at runtime by BrettDong · Pull Request #52133 · CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA · GitHub](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/52133#issuecomment-939836916)

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**Author:** ![dulsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dulsi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dulsi)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/no-text-is-showing-on-menu-screen/27316/3 "2021-11-17T20:14:19Z")

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Thanks. I now have the latest version working.