Font Problem - Blocky, black outlined type

This just started happening after an archive and reinstall of Leopard on my system. I have tried every tip I could find online, I have removed all duplicate fonts, and my entire Font Book validates with no errors. I am at a loss!
Here's some screen shots showing the problem:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd13/AdamGW/Picture1.png
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd13/AdamGW/Picture2.png
What causes this?

Then the fonts themselves are likely damaged. Font Book's validating function isn't known to be very accurate. You can replace all of the fonts OS X came with without having to reinstall the entire OS. Follow the instructions near the bottom of my article, Font Management in OS X, to see how to do that. Any other fonts you've added to your system will have to be replaced from their original source.
Once you have replaced your fonts, clear the font cache files again.
The link, or one of the links above directs you to my personal web site. While the information is free, it does ask for a contribution. As such, I am required by Apple's rules for these discussions to include the following disclaimer.

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<quote>
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HelveticaNeue-LightItalic
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LucidaGrande-Bold
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Palatino-Italic
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Palatino-boldItalic
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Hello Tom,
thank you for your reply and for dealing with my problem. I am sorry for not being understandable. It may be because English is not my first language. I'll try to explain it in a different way. I was working on iDVD project and tried different fonts. As I was doing the project in both languages (English and Russian) because I wanted them to look the same. For English version I took Monotype Coursiva font (hope I spell right) as it was suitable to the whole theme of the project. When I typed with the same font in Russian it did not look like its English version but still readable (it is not the case of encoding problems when a text you have typed looks as the set of strange symbols). Then I tried Lucida Handwriting and oher having the same result. I have tried CY fonts as well but it was difference in appearence between letters and digits (I typed chapter names like this January 2007 and so on). Digits appeared different to russian letters, actually they were similar to English version.
I switched to Mac a year ago from Windows and absolutely love it. In Windows I mostly used Word and Power Point to work with text and did not have such problems (hope windows users are not reading this now).
I think it is related to Apple fonts because I noticed that all the applications share the same Font Book. I have tried different applications on my Mac in order to track the problem down and even Microsoft Office's Word for Mac which I use sometime was not able to do the job I requested. In other words I have same problem. May be my Font Book is not full? May be I need to update or upgrade it?
Thanks.
P.S. It's possible that my explanation is a bit complicated and you still cannot understand what the problem is. If so, would it be a good idea to send you some screenshots to be able to show you what I mean?
If answer is "yes" will you give me your e-mail, please?

Font Problem - Blocky, black outlined type

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