Can FontBook fix a missing screen font?

I am having problems with my Helvetica font. It shows up fine in FontBook(the preview). Though, it shows up jaggedy and bitmapped looking in all my programs including QuarkXpress and Photoshop. Is there something I can do in FontBook to fix this? If not, what do I need to look for to fix this? There are a few font folders I found in my harddrive, though I do not know what to look for or install? I was kind of hoping there would be a quick fix for this in FontBook. I do have the original helvetica font folder saved on a disc. Should I delete what I have on my harddrive and just reinstall it? I am kinda scared to do that since Helvetica is used in most of my design work. By the way, I am on 10.4.5
Message was edited by: melissa shoeps

Is the helvetica you are using different from the one that came with the computer? Also how did you add it to FontBook? I would also check fontbook and see if their is a font conflict, it will have a black bullet next to the font name if it is conflicting with another version.
I would also suggest getting a different font manager if you are using alot of fonts. In my experience FontBook freaks out when it has too many fonts in there, and a program like Quark can also be very finniky about fonts. What version of Quark are you using?
OSX itself is VERY particular about fonts, I would also suggest searching the discussions for postings by Kurt Lang, who seems to be the font Guru around here. He might even chime in here in a while, but don't just start deleting fonts out of the various font folders you find on the hardrive or it WILL cause you grief.
Here is one article that Kurt wrote that should shed some light on fonts being used in OSX...It says Panther but is applicable to Tiger as well.
kmosx3:Font Management in OS X Panther

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