Missing Text and Menus in iTunes

Few weeks ago I noticed that there was missing key text and menus from my iTunes. At current it is mostly a inconvenience but there maybe a day soon that I might want to use these menus and functionality. I think this first started month or so ago after a windows update, but I am not certain. Currently iTunes is the only application that has the symtoms. I have tried resetting my fonts to default changing themes with no luck....
See picture below for example:

The support document for future reference:
TS4338: iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting missing menus and text in iTunes
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