I decided to try it again on my computer since it was a while since this bug was originally filed.
I went back in and ticked "use system font for user interface" and then restarted LibreOffice and guess what - it worked! So I presume an update, either to Ubuntu or to LibreOffice has corrected the problem. I'm now using Ubuntu 12.04 whereas this bug was reported in Ubuntu 11.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908465 Title: Hebrew Menus texts unreadable - characters show up as square blocks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/908465/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs