FW16 W11 Text render fails in UI for some apps and start menu

Since recently, text in some apps and the Windows start menu renders incorrectly. Initially when opening an app it renders correctly, but immediately after the text begins curling and twisting in on itself (like coordinates in a vector graphics file being rotated…) until the text is largely illegible. I gotta say, it looks kinda cool, but it’s mostly inconvenient and a bit unsettling as I don’t know which apps will be affected and rendered unusable as a result.

This happened in the Qobuz app (which I think is a containered web app, or whatever you call that, not a native desktop app) and also the Windows start menu.

The main apps I use on my laptop are not affected and seem to all be native desktop app, so I can still do the important stuff.

Searching online and with the help of the AI genies I am not able to find much usefull info.

I updated / reinstalled all firmware and drivers and did not (consciously) make changes that could explain this behavior, though it’s possible I am not remembering something important.

Anyone have any idea what this could be or similar experience?

The way you describe it, it sounds like some kind of deliberate web-based text effect, maybe some kind of prank? It’s hard to imagine that being a bug. Maybe some screenshots would help, if there’s any web designers in the forum.

I heard that Windows 11 puts web tech into the Start Menu now. I’ve been thinking of writing an essay: “All Big Tech Executives Deserve Life Sentences in Prison”.