Pathologic 2 - No text & console spam?

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After pressing F12, it looks like this:

I see a very similar issue among Known Issues:

Text is invisible, scrambled, not scaled properly or otherwise looks wrong: Most likely the Arial.ttf font is missing from the system (Unity UI default font, may be different in some games). This can happen when running a game on Linux with #55, and on some regional versions of Windows (e.g. Chinese). To resolve this you have to find the Arial font and install it.

but I am running normal UK-based Windows, I see Arial.ttf in Windows/Fonts, I can select it in Word/Paint, etc. Think it's the issue with the game itself, as the log is spammed with:

[Error  : Unity Log] Failed to update dynamic font (Arial) texture; all the needed characters do not fit onto a single texture (max size 4096). Try using less text or a smaller font size.

Is there a way to switch to a different font or anything else to get this to work?