I have two issues from a fresh instance of MC. I currently have (according to MC: 109) 56 mods added to MC. I am also using MultiMC 5 ver 0.2.1-dev208.
After looking through the log, Gravestones mod was causing the issue with the text box, will find a suitable replacement. Still unsure as to why NEI buttons aren't showing up though....I'm on cheat mode (default for start) so they should be there. Will go on the long process of removing mods.
The log: http://pastebin.com/CS9J6KgB
Two Screencap:
I see this text in every box and button, save for tooltips...I want to go back to default text
This image is missing the NEI buttons in the upper left corner
It's on US English, may not be regular( ) but it's the English I know. Switching to other language types seems to not fix the issue.
http://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/1zf4cg/help_nei_stopped_displaying_optionsmodes/