Hey guys so I did some trouble shooting and found the problem. It is an issue with the font. To fix this, follow the install instructions like normal. However before you add any of the english patch content to the folder, follow these steps:
1: Add ONLY the arterial-int-v207 folder's contents to the game folder and replace as necessary
2: Open the game, the interface is now in english, go to the options setting, change the font to "MS UI Gothic" Make sure this change is saved.
3: Install the rest of the patches like normal
should work fine after this. If this doesn't work, try going into the game and switching the font to MS UI Gothic before installing the interface patch (technically this is the order I did it, but the interface patch seems to work fine and makes it more clear)
have fun