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<blockquote data-quote="bugjah" data-source="post: 366840" data-attributes="member: 17557">Hi allI have been experiencing this bizarre font display problem with 3 computers now and 5 or 6 clean installs.&nbsp; I have copied certain programs between computers, including Microsoft Office (which I think might be the culprit -- see below), but I have not done any transfers of preferences or anything like that this time, so that is not the explanationThe symptom is that certain letters don't appear in certain fontsthe above sentence would look like this to me:&nbsp;he&nbsp;&nbsp; ymp om&nbsp; i&nbsp;&nbsp; h&nbsp; &nbsp; cer&nbsp; in&nbsp; le&nbsp; er&nbsp; don'&nbsp; ppe r&nbsp; in&nbsp; cer&nbsp; in&nbsp; fon&nbsp;&nbsp; This was fun for about a day, but now it's downright making my computer life a pain in the ***&nbsp; (none of those 3 letters will normally display for me anyway).As I said this only happens with certain fonts (Times New Roman is bad, but Times is OK.&nbsp; I think Verdana might be a problem...), but it happens in basically all programs (word, mac mail, web browsers, open office, text edit, etc. etc.)So if I copy and paste a bad bit into a different program, it still displays badly, but if I change the font (or make the web page displayed with &quot;no style) then I can read the text fine.The reason I think Microsoft Office might be the culprit is:1) I only have one copy, which I have shared among all computers, and all computers are effected;2) I have a default reaction to computer problems as follows: &quot;blame Microsoft&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3) When you install Microsoft Office, it spends a long time installing fonts...BUT I cannot do without this version of Office because1) all of my colleagues use Microsoft for sending documents to meand2) I refuse - on principle - to give any money to Microsoft to buy a more updated copy (I am running Office 2004).Can anyone help?cheers</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bugjah, post: 366840, member: 17557"] Hi all I have been experiencing this bizarre font display problem with 3 computers now and 5 or 6 clean installs. I have copied certain programs between computers, including Microsoft Office (which I think might be the culprit -- see below), but I have not done any transfers of preferences or anything like that this time, so that is not the explanation The symptom is that certain letters don't appear in certain fonts the above sentence would look like this to me: he ymp om i h cer in le er don' ppe r in cer in fon This was fun for about a day, but now it's downright making my computer life a pain in the *** (none of those 3 letters will normally display for me anyway). As I said this only happens with certain fonts (Times New Roman is bad, but Times is OK. I think Verdana might be a problem...), but it happens in basically all programs (word, mac mail, web browsers, open office, text edit, etc. etc.) So if I copy and paste a bad bit into a different program, it still displays badly, but if I change the font (or make the web page displayed with "no style) then I can read the text fine. The reason I think Microsoft Office might be the culprit is: 1) I only have one copy, which I have shared among all computers, and all computers are effected; 2) I have a default reaction to computer problems as follows: "blame Microsoft" 3) When you install Microsoft Office, it spends a long time installing fonts... BUT I cannot do without this version of Office because 1) all of my colleagues use Microsoft for sending documents to me and 2) I refuse - on principle - to give any money to Microsoft to buy a more updated copy (I am running Office 2004). Can anyone help? cheers [/QUOTE]

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