CS3 on macbook pro 10.8.5

I have CS3 which was transferred onto a macbook pro 10.8.5.  Photoshop is now acting independently, giving me grey when I select red, rendering all numbers in the type tool  in italics.  any advice?  Thanks!

Just a mall possibility, and it is ony a maybe.
The com.adobe.photohop.plist which is in your user's preferences will be share by all versions of Photoshop you have installed. It is possible that is corrupted.
The other thought of course is a font data base or a font.
Of course it might be time to update the software as Buko is sort of suggesting and you might also try an archival clean install.

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