Can't calibrate my monitor

After a reinstall, I noticed the screen looks a little different, a little flat. I went to the monitor part of System Preferences, and in trying to calibrate the colour of the display there are only 3 choices - Adobe RGB (1998), Generic RGB Profile and sRGB IEC61966-2.1
But when I try and calibrate any of these displays, I get the message "Can not calibrate the display. The factory profile for the display could not be found".
Also, when I use Safari it often asks for fonts, or in Pages, saying a font "American Typewriter" for instance, is missing.
Are these connected, and can anyone help.
Thanks

You may want to go ahead and do an archive and install, however someone may have a better answer than mine.

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