IntelliJ IDEA: Background Task View contains garbled/distorted text

Question

My background tasks view appears with the following garbled or distorted text. I can almost make out the names of some of the tasks, but clearly this is not intended and not optimal. It's been this way for as long as I've had IntelliJ IDEA (I think my first was version 11. I'm currently on 12.1), but haven't yet attempted to address it.

Is this some font setting I've gotten wrong, and what can I do to fix it?

Answer 1

It's a known bug, please follow:

• IDEA-103977 Strange characters in the background tasks window