Default font missing?

I have a new 20" iMac that seems to be missing the default display font. All text seems to be thin and blurry in every application. Any idea how to restore this? It's actually my boyfriends, and he's a graphic designer...so he perhaps installed something that FUBARed the fonts, but I'm not sure of the correct way of fixing it.

Bear with me guys. I'm trying not to panic. I have a ton of files causing me font problems.
Two issues:
1) I tried Find Font and it didn't work. When I go to Type, then Font, I find that Blair is listed TWICE - one of them has a blue TT next to it and looks like the font. The other Blair listing does not have a symbol to it's left, does not look like the font, and is listed like this:
< BlairMdITCTT Medium - diamond symbol - then closed bracket >
Now what? Do I need to close one of those and if so HOW, and which one do I close? I do not have font management.
2) Whether I hit "update or just "ok" to open these old illus 6 files into CS2, the same thing almost always occurs. I'll get the default font message and then I'll open a file for instance, that uses Trajan Bold and Univers. The file doesn't look right, as if it's substituting the fonts. Then when I then go to Type, then Font, these fonts are on the list just ONCE each, and they are listed like this:
< Trajan Bold (then a diamond symbol) >
< Univers (diamond symbol) >
If I highlight the Trajan Bold word in my document, for instance, a checkmark appears to the left of < Trajan Bold (then a diamond symbol) > but of course it isn't showing up correctly.
THEN, if I open another file that doesn't use these fonts, they do not show up on the font menu list at all.
Are these global problems easily fixable? Explain it to me like I'm six.
P.S. Do these particular font problems have anything to do with the "this legacy text must be updated before you can edit it" issue? Here is another question (link below) I asked a few months earlier which contains extensive answers to the updating questions. I thought I'd cite it below so I don't cause anyone to go off topic.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2740960#2740960
This board is amazing and I'm so grateful to everyone on it. Thanks.

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