It's just getting the wrong sprites from the library. The font comes in several different sizes, and it's using the wrong ones.
TSF shot: Huh... weird. That text is just messed up in general somehow.
Faw: Probably something like Intensity30 and Red1, I forget the exact numbers, plus some pulze lights. It's all in the level.
Littlefreak: http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/dow...p?levelID=2223
(*tries to remember discovering a "water effect"*)