After Effects CC "Unable to Create Font" error fix?

Can some one help me with this complicated problem?
My After Effects CC 2014 won't work due to "Unable to create font" error.
Error appears when in the project footage is missing. When footage is found it runs perfectly fine.
What's the solution?
I'm running Windows 7 64Bit

Footage - I mean Product pictures imported from Photoshop. No odd file names.
Error appears on every project I have when I remove footage. *(replace product shot in photoshop for example)
System info:
Windows 7 Proffesional 64 Bit
Intel Core i7 CPU 3.40Ghz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
12GB Ram

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