Address Book "Not Responding" when editing

Address Book 4.0.3 crashes (spinning beachball) when I click on the field labels... no response, no pop-menu. I have to force quit. Tried the usual permissions and plist sequences. All other functions work fine.
Any ideas?
G5 2.5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 23" ACD

Fixed! Bad font.
Never suspected a font. I use FontAgent Pro and disabled all my (non-system)fonts. Problem solved!
Now I just have to find the bad font.

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