Thanks to user @mariano_ag and his input i found that the game ran perfectly with some minimal configuration, i.e.:

• Installing Microsoft fonts. Found an easy guide to accomplish this here. The guide is for Fedora, but it will most likely be compatible to your package manager.

• Setting the suggested launch options.

Note that you will have to enter the values for your screen size in the launch options. In my case it's 5120 x 1440 and worked great.