Description of problem: When logging into the gnome desktop, the status messages are missing letters as the icons appear left to right. For example "Nautilus" displays as "Ntilus" and "Print Manager" displays as "Pnt Manager". Once the desktop is started other fonts are working properly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): This is occuring with latest rawhide builds (FC5)
This should have been fixed in this morning's rawhide. Are you still seeing it with the latest gnome-session package?
Fixed in latest rawhide. Closing.