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Why are my fonts like this??
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that's the randomuglyfont virus.
Or something is screwed up in Safari's preferences, or your fonts.
Does it do the same thing in Firefox?
Do you have "Style Sheet: None selected" selected in Safari > Preferences > Advanced and "Standard Font: Times 16" (or similar) in the Appearance preference pane?
what happens if you shut Safari, move the file ~/Users/you/Library/Preferences/apple.com.Safari.plist
to the desktop and then re-open Safari?
Or something is screwed up in Safari's preferences, or your fonts.
Does it do the same thing in Firefox?
Do you have "Style Sheet: None selected" selected in Safari > Preferences > Advanced and "Standard Font: Times 16" (or similar) in the Appearance preference pane?
what happens if you shut Safari, move the file ~/Users/you/Library/Preferences/apple.com.Safari.plist
to the desktop and then re-open Safari?
i use opera instead of firefox. no issues in there. in some .pdf files it comes up with that real stuffed up one. in some other .pdf files it comes up as another type.
the pattern is consistant
the pattern is consistant
no joy 
ive tried copying the the text out of safai and into word, it goes in as that really wacky and impossible font called.....arial!
ive checked all the font files for the arial fontface and they all show as normal arial.
in word i can select arial and type in it and it comes up as that impossible to read one
ive tried copying the the text out of safai and into word, it goes in as that really wacky and impossible font called.....arial!
ive checked all the font files for the arial fontface and they all show as normal arial.
in word i can select arial and type in it and it comes up as that impossible to read one
Did you try FontFinagler? I've seen a similar issue before with fonts displaying badly in one application but fine when copied into another - and usually the common ones too, like Arial and Helvetica. MacOSX caches fonts, and so do many applications, separately from the original files, and the caches can corrupt.
FontFinagler just clears all the caches so you get clean copies.
Emptying the Cache in Safari may help also.
FontFinagler just clears all the caches so you get clean copies.
Emptying the Cache in Safari may help also.
OK. Mysterious. Standard troubleshooting Step #8 - make a new user account, log in and see if you get the same issue (it's a System problem) or not (it's a local settings problem)
Well, it narrows it down for you anyway, it's not really my problem eh?
..so it's a either a font issue with the fonts installed in your User account, or it's an issue with Safari's settings.
You've already cleared Safari's preferences and Reset its cache so although it could still be something there, it's looking less likely.
Check Font Book - I presume the Preference is set to install fonts for this user only rather than for this computer, which means new fonts are added to your User account's /Library/Fonts folder
See if it registers any conflicts (black dot next to the font name) going on with the fonts you've had issues with (like Arial), and run File > Validate Font on any/all suspects
..so it's a either a font issue with the fonts installed in your User account, or it's an issue with Safari's settings.
You've already cleared Safari's preferences and Reset its cache so although it could still be something there, it's looking less likely.
Check Font Book - I presume the Preference is set to install fonts for this user only rather than for this computer, which means new fonts are added to your User account's /Library/Fonts folder
See if it registers any conflicts (black dot next to the font name) going on with the fonts you've had issues with (like Arial), and run File > Validate Font on any/all suspects