I noticed the parsing code has changed for realmstatus, which seemingly removes the need for the localized strings of server type & population (all praise whoever did that!).
Indeed: http://www.wowroster.net/Forums/viewtop ... .html#7007 is now obsolete.
However, there is probably a missing encode or decode to the string received or the default font has no accentuated character?
The "high" population status in french is accentuated (ref for strings in utf-8: http://www.wowroster.net/Forums/viewtop ... .html#7043 ) and accentuated letters displays as rectangle today in the image mode of realmstatus.
Sorry, 'got no screenshot, I was overjoyed when I did my upgrade last night and this morning population dropped to normal levels...