Jumbled Fonts in Mail and Browser

I am having problems with the fonts on my iMac with 10.4 in Apple Mail and Safari.

The fonts look all jumbled up, a bit like greek. I read up it could be the font cache files. I used Onyx to delete the font cache files, but this did not resolve it.

Does anyone else know how to resolve this?

Problem is I don't have the system discs for this unit, so if there is another solution other than clean install that would be great.

Here is what it looks like

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7132/jumbledfont.jpg

G5 DP 2.0GHz, 1.5GB RAM/ Macbook Pro 13-inch 2.23Ghz, 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.7), Logic Studio, PT LE 7.4

Posted on Oct 26, 2010 10:45 AM

19 replies

Oct 30, 2010 10:20 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Yes, I leave Discussions to experts. What you read was a typo that was my current fault.

+I trust the OP has fixed his font problem. If not, I suggest switching to UTF-8.+ should have read
+I trust the OP has fixed his font problem. If so, I suggest switching to UTF-8.+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanscrit#Consonants

I'll spend my time on subjects I've had more experience with. My apology for confusing the OP.

Bruce

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

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Oct 31, 2010 9:00 AM in response to Bruce Bathurst

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanscrit#Consonants

Thanks for the gift of Sanscrit consonants. Please accept in return my humble offering of Tibetan stacks:

http://sites.google.com/site/chrisfynn2/tibetanlettercombinations

Jan 27, 2011 11:35 AM in response to gazo

Here is a possible solution I found in another online conversation about jumbled fonts and it worked for me, as my e-mails and dashboard widgets started showing bizarre Arabic style characters,. I had turned on a Times font recently and didn't realize this font was in it. (I use Suitcase for my fonts; the answer below used Fontbook.)

Hope this helps someone!

"After a lot of running around I have finally found out what this funny font is. It's a font called 'Times Phonetic Alternate', turn it off in fontbook and it'll solve your problem. It solved mine!"

TildeBee

Level 7

31,923 points

Jan 27, 2011 9:01 PM in response to Melissa McCoy

Melissa --

Thanks for sharing your solution here.
I'm sure lots of other posters here, will be given another good solution by reading your post.
Nice!

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Jumbled Fonts in Mail and Browser