How do I move files to a new User?

I recently upgraded my MacBook from Snow Leopard to Lion and afterwards I noticed the font had changed in my mail preview and in other places such as when on Safari. I went to the Genius Bar and after 3 hours of trying this and that the tech figured out that there was a problem with my User files. He made another User and logged in with that and everything looked fine. His original thought process was to reload the font (Helvitica Neue) but that never worked. He suggested wiping the drive clean, reinstalling Lion and then the rest of my files from backup. I really don't want to have to do this.
Is there some way to easily move everything to my new User?
Carol S.

Have a read here http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Transfer.html
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