Fonts not working in Safari or Chrome

Some webpages in Safari and Chrome display all text as an A with a box around it. I am running OS X Lion. I tried:
- validating all font files using FontBook (they passed)
- clearing font caches
- validating all font files using a 3rd party utility (fontagent pro)
- there are no duplicate fonts
I have OS X Lion installed with FontAgent Pro 4.2. I have heard of some similar issues back in 10.6 with duplicate fonts, but didn't experience it myself.
Thanks!

Hello!
If anyone is using FontAgent Pro, I made a video tutorial showing how to "fix" the Safari font issue.
Video Tutorial Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9aHlOIJUg
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