Fonts disappear/reappear; or none at all; messed up [SOLVED]

Hello,
Got a fresh Arch install running here, pretty sure I entered all the commands the right way, but am now baffled by the fonts and their setup. Basically, in a nut shell: sometimes the fonts show up and sometimes they don't!
Some font details:
*Fonts might not appear in the browser address bar at times
*a few of my bookmark titles won't show up (I imported a long list of bookmarks [which I know work] from the last Linux rig)
*fonts disappear and reappear while reading lines in the Terminal
*half of the fonts don't appear when looking at old paperwork in LibreOffice, (some of them are also blurry)
Some system details:
*Installed "ttf-dejavu"
*have Xfce4 and Openbox and have the same font issues when switched into either one of them
Excuse my lack of technical details, will provide more upon request, if necessary.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Last edited by customscrollbar (2014-04-17 13:35:04)

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