Fonts won't appear on Safari and certain pages on Firefox

Hi, when I open Safari and go to a website, the fonts wont appear. The picture attached shows it better. Whats going on and is there any solution in my control? Thanks.

The block A's ...
Most likely from having a third party font manager installed.
See my post here >  All I see is the letter "a": Apple Support Communities
If it's not a third party font manager issue, could be duplicate or corrupted fonts.
Troubleshooting help here > Font problems and management in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

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