I installed Guix on a new drive, so I tried the installer from the latest image. After reviewing the system config, the installer goes to a black screen where guix output is shown. Although I can see messages about substitutes being updated, and how much will be downloaded, all download lines are replaced with a seemingly random number of dots:

substitute: mise à jour des substituts depuis «…»... 100.0 %
4.5 Mo seront téléchargés.
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Maybe this is related to the translation?