Great news! Thank you, will test and respond to this thread after the new version is released.
I'm happy to report that this bug looks to be resolved. So far, I have not seen any foreign text.
However, I have found another bug that has been introduced since the new update (it did not occur prior with 5.24 or lower). It occurs when the overworld is first available in the first town, Kalm. During Cloud's flashback, after Sephiroth leaves the mansion and the city is on fire, the game freezes.
This is what is seen in the log file:
[00014977] ERROR: [Device Lost] _device->CreateCommittedResource(&heapProperty.m_properties , D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_NONE , _resourceDesc , heapProperty.m_state , _clearValue , IID_ID3D12Resource , (void**)&resource ) FAILED 0x8007000e
[00014977] TRACE: *** Exception 0xc0000005, address 0x3155860 ***
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[00014977] TRACE: 03155860 (AF3DN): (filename not available): ID3D12Resource::`vcall'{40}'
[00014977] TRACE: D:\a\1\s\bgfx\3rdparty\dxsdk\include\d3dx12.h (1396): UpdateSubresources
[00014977] TRACE: D:\a\1\s\bgfx\3rdparty\dxsdk\include\d3dx12.h (1471): UpdateSubresources
[00014977] TRACE: D:\a\1\s\bgfx\src\renderer_d3d12.cpp (4975): bgfx::d3d12::TextureD3D12::create
[00014977] TRACE: D:\a\1\s\bgfx\src\renderer_d3d12.cpp (1621): bgfx::d3d12::RendererContextD3D12::createTexture
[00014977] TRACE: D:\a\1\s\bgfx\src\bgfx.cpp (3063): bgfx::Context::rendererExecCommands
[00014977] TRACE: 059D9AF0 ((module-name not available)): (filename not available): (function-name not available)
[00014977] TRACE: 77E176B4 (ntdll): (filename not available): RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath
[00014977] TRACE: 77E17684 (ntdll): (filename not available): RtlGetAppContainerNamedObjectPath
[00014977] ERROR: Unhandled Exception. See dumped information above.
Unfortunately, I can't attach the file nor send a PM yet but if you need the file, let me know and I can post to a file host.