Safari in Lion not displaying site's header copy...

I have the same problem. Alot of 'A',s in blocks. Font problem??

Capital A's in boxes usually means the System has lost track of the LucidaGrande System font.

Sometimes it's because of other Lucida fonts (L. fax, L. calligraphy, etc.) and there's a duplicate somewhere.

Or your Font Cache needs clearing. Here's what our resident Font expert, Kurt Lang, said about this:

A’s with boxes around them is always a sign of trouble with the main system

font, Lucida Grande.

Quick possible fix is to remove ALL font cache files from the system to see

if it's just bad cache data. For that, you need to use OnyX or other utility

which will remove both system and user cache files. A Safe Mode boot won't

work since it only removes cache data from the user account you do a safe

boot to.

If after that the problem returns, then Lucida Grande itself is damaged and

needs to be replaced.

I have not loaded on Lion yet, but for the past 5-6 years, this problem has been a symptom of System font confusion.

That did the trick! Thanks for the insight, I knew it was a font issue, but you nailed it!

Ooops, spoke too soon. It worked on some of the pages that were probably cached but when I go to an entirely new page I still get the blocked A's.

I cleared the system and user font cache. Where can I get a new clean version of the LucidaGrande system font?

Same problem blocked a's with those sites as well. Still looking for "the fix"

I did that as well. Worked for a few sites, but then problem came back on pages that I don't normally visit.

I have a similar issue with a slight variation. All type seems to be replaced with the 'Last Resort' font in pages like Yahoo. If I log out and then log back in, Safari appears to work correctly and all fonts load as they should but when I quit Safari and then restart it, the problem returns. I'm not sure why logging out creates a temporary fix but it doesn't seem to stick. I recall this happening with Snow Leopard as well and I remember someone posting a fix although I believe that problem had to do with Helvetica Neue.

MacBook Pro, OS X 10.7, 2.4GHz, Intel Core Duo

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