Q: Garbled text in Safari and Mail
Safari 9.03 and Mail 9.2 display text in a garbled fashion in many instances. It's not everything, just random strings. The preview of the mail reads OK. Everything is fine on iPhone (OS 9.2.1). But when opening some Mail in the viewer and looking at Facebook on Safari, I often see unreadable text strings. Any suggestions for fixing this? Thanks!
MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Posted on Feb 16, 2016 8:05 AM
Please back up all data before proceeding.
Launch the Font Book application and validate all fonts. You must select the fonts in order to validate them. See the built-in help and this support article for instructions. If Font Book finds any issues, resolve them.
Start up in safe mode to rebuild the font caches. Restart as usual and test.
Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t start in safe mode. In that case, ask for instructions.
If you still have problems, then from the Font Book menu bar, select
File ▹ Restore Standard Fonts...
You'll be prompted to confirm, and then to enter your administrator login password.
Also note that if you deactivate or remove any built-in fonts, for instance by using a third-party font manager, the system may become unstable.
Posted on Feb 16, 2016 12:46 PM

