Hieroglyphics instead of text on pages

When I open some websites in Safari some of the text looks similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics. Examples being hotmail on msn, yahoo messenger
How can I cure this?
Pip

Hi
Welcome to Apple Discussions
The two fonts that seem to adversely affect Safari are Helvetica Fractions and Times Phonetic.
Open Font Book in your Applications folder. Enter either of these names in the spotlight panel. If either appears, disable it via the Edit menu. If neither is in your system, please provide a screenshot of the font type.
If the above referenced fonts applies to your situation, download a copy of Font Finagler. This will allow you to clean the Font cache.
When done, restart the computer/Safari.

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