Hi,
Those "Dates" are also not being shown consistently either.
My dates show two digits slash two digits slash with two digits for the year.
The 11th Month and the 14 for the year and the slashes should then show the same symbols but is does not and the highlighted one has many more characters than needed.
Most apps need Helvetica to be able to Launch.
Helvetica Fractions used to cause issues for iChat in the chat window http://designdepartment.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/garbled-font-in-ichat-mail/
Messages now uses AppleGothic.ttf font to display some to the text in windows for the app.
Lucida Grande still seems to be used for the name of groups in the bars in the Buddy lists.
Open the Font Book app and check these three fonts.
The AppleGothic one is well down the list in the app and is all one word. (and not to be confused with Apple SD Gothic Neo variants).
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10:02 PM Monday; November 24, 2014
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