Fonts in Safari/Sticky/textEdit look like mixed up numbers

[27 houdini's]

In safari, notepad and textedit i get this silly problem with fonts not displaying right. I looks like numbers mixed up and placed on top of eachother. I looks like a bug. How do i fix this?

I just reinstalled my system, i mean a clean install involving backing up my docs and erasing the disk etc.

I use a powerbook G4 1GB DDR SDRAM running OS 10.3.5

 

[bobw]

Go to the International PreferencePane and make sure English is under the Language Tab and US is checked iunder the Input Menu Tab.

 

[27 houdini's]

thanx, but it doesn't help. It was already checked. what is character palette anyway?

I discovered that in textEdit if i toggle command B to make the text bold or plain the font switches from helvetica plain to helvetica fractions, now ain't that funny!

I thought about ditching the helvetica fraction font but that kind of crude i guess.
I have the same problem with gill sans .I already used font doctor to clean up my fonts and use suitcase 1x to manage them.

I also have problems with copy/paste by the way, soemtimes i just cannot paste copies i made into text fields in Safari. Mighty irritating i can tell you