Merchant Job Quest numbers and many other Texts don't show up - help

I wanted to do the merchant job quest, but can't because I don't see any text or numbers while talking to the NPC.

Спойлер: screeny 1

There's also the "tip of the day" message which I can't see

Спойлер: screeny 2

and several other window texts that just aren't there.

Re-installing didn't help at all.

Any advice for this? I just want to be a merchant.