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Condensed 'NASA' style font in Safari (Screen grabbed) - HELP

Hi,
I am experiencing a problem within Safari where the type becomes condensed on the majority of pages, looking like a 'NASA' style space font. I have taken a screengrab in the hope someone knows how to fix this which is at the following link:

http://www.kwd.co.uk/condensed_type.gif

I have reset the appearance preferences in Safari & have removed helvetica fractions & times phonetic fonts from my mac.

I have searched the forums and can't seem to find an answer to this - any ideas out there please?
Thanks.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Sep 8, 2008 3:36 AM

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User profile for user: TildeBee
TildeBee
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Sep 8, 2008 7:10 AM in response to soluble

soluable --

You are experiencing a font conflict.
It's a very simple matter, actually.
Go into your Font Book application,
and scroll down the list to see samples.

When you see that font, just delete that font from your computer.
It is conflicting & taking over where another font has been specified.

Question:
Did you recently add any fonts to your Mac?
Or an application that came with fonts???
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User profile for user: soluble
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Sep 9, 2008 4:52 AM in response to soluble

Hi all,
Thanks for the suggestions, I have checked my preferences in Safari which match those of Klaus1 & have also been through all of the fonts in fontbook but cannot see one that looks like what I'm getting in safari. It's a brand new iMac and has been doing this since the start!

Firefox is doing the same thing - I have managed to override the preferences by allowing pages to choose their own fonts.

Any other suggestions would be greatly welcomed.

Thanks
Soluble
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User profile for user: TildeBee
TildeBee
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Sep 9, 2008 7:30 AM in response to soluble

Ok, soluble --

Take your USERS font folder to the desktop.
The path is HD>Users (also called Home, with the little house icon)>Library>Fonts.
It's an important detail. Make sure it's in the Users>Library>Fonts.
Restart, and open up Safari.
If this works, we know the culprit is in there.
If Safari is still messed up, we have to look further.

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