On a closer look, the font in that screenshot for which part the text is actually readable is infact _not_ Helvetica, but probably some TTF font then. In programs that do actually use Helvetica (e.g. Firefox), there are no problems. I think I forced Firefox to use Helvetica with its own configuration system since gtk in its eternal lameness won't allow this anymore. At least not in a well-documented way.
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