Font problems in Safari 5.1 (Lion)

I am seeing the type replaced with an "A" inside a box on multiple websites.
I've rebooted my system and still seeing the same error.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I got a bit anxious about the number of fonts activated on my system so I backed them up and then removed all user installed fonts and deleted my FontExplorerX 2.x and all files associated with it.
I was still having the problem and was unable to empty my trash because of a weird version of Helvetica Neue that was "still in use". I restarted, removed the version of Helvetica Neue and Safari now works fine.
Sorry... I wish I would have screenshot the file name of that version of Helvetica Neue.
I still have the a version of Helvetica Neue that comes with the OS installed and it's activated in Font Book.
This is definitely a bug and Apple will address it in future updates. My advice for those of you who want Safari to work now is to just clean out your fonts (back them up)...and start over.
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