I don’t think its just my computer… I just opened Gmail official website and the text is gone short. However, you can read everything written there. I remember a research which revealed that if you write first and last letter of the word correct, readers can easily read it.
It seems Gmail is gone out of space or Google is enjoying April Fools Day 😀 (J/K).
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They have explained it here