Fontd using 97 to 98 percent of CPU

Suddenly fontd is consuming 97 to 98 percent of CPU and therefore other applications are not responding. I was not aware of any changes to the fonts on my system, there are 247. I have checked for duplicates, none, and restored Standard Fonts still no change that 247 fonts.

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