Windows Live Mail not displaying correctly

I am running Windows 10.  I have Windows Live Mail (Essentials) 12.  I can still receive/send emails but the middle window (where it shows who you have emails from & the subject) has a bunch of sideways markings in the window as well as along the bottom of that window .  There are also sideways unreadable words along the bottom of the two email columns of the email window.  Obviously, this takes a lot of messing around to read my list of email senders & to hunt for various previous emails.  I also have these sideways markings & distortions in my Contacts list which makes it very difficult to add any new contacts or even completely read what I already have.   Any suggestions?  I have used the compatibility link to no avail.