Look at the wine entry on CS5 (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=25607&iTestingId=70359) it specifies that you need to run Code: winetricks gdiplus msxml3 msxml6 vcrun2005 vcrun2008 vcrun2010 atmlib I had an issue with msxml6, but it turns out I didn't need it. I ran Code: winetricks gdiplus msxml3 vcrun2005 vcrun2008 vcrun2010 atmlib and now the text tool works perfectly. You probably only need the atmlib package, but I know for the fact that the above command works and fixes the text tool issue (Arch x86_64).