See https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/ ... =ecere-sdk
You'll see it launches make with CFLAGS="$(pkg-config libffi --cflags)" to solve the libffi issue.
It also has a dependency on the 'ttf-font' package, which may solve your missing text issue.
Another potential reason for the missing text could be a graphics driver issue. If that is the case, one thing you might try is switching the IDE to OpenGL rendering. This can be done by editing ~/.ecereIDErc to contain:
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{ "DisplayDriver" : "OpenGL" }
-Jerome