This issue has been fixed in Mesa in this [Commit 9b8bc712](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/commit/9b8bc712b2b0f60eb090a03b43156cd98146917c) Link to the bug report in Mesa as well: [Final Fantasy V (Old versio...
> > Could something in newer version of Mesa be causing this? > > It is possible. The text isn't rendered properly on my Arch install with _mesa 21.1.0-1_ but I installed the game on Linux Mint, which has _mesa 20_, and ...
I can confirm the issue with default Proton compatibility install. Even the title screen has blank spaces instead of text for this install. Ubuntu 20.04 5.8 kernel Mesa 21.0.3 . Every combination landed on t...
> This appears to be fixed in Proton 5.13 (presumably by way of Wine 5.0.1). Yes, I can confirm that the overlapping text issue has been fixed. The game appears to be playable out-of-the-box now. The text still isn't per...