How to repair fonts in ~/system/library/fonts

Hi,
FontDoctor reported an error in two fonts in my ~/system/library/fonts folder.
It seems that the affected fonts are TimesLTMM and HelveLTMM. The file size of both fonts is 0, so can I just delete them?
I also found files with many questionmarks in the name (e.g. ????????????????????? Pro W6.otf) that are more than 10 MB in size. Can I delete them?
Do I have to update sort of a font database after deleting the files?
Best regards,
Kurt
12 PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi,
thanks I'm in the help line
Hmm - good question. The ????? - fonts look like they are the Chinsese fonts. That's what I found. FontBook spells them with the right font - which is in that case chinese - while terminal only shows the ????
So I keep them and don't think that they are causing my original problem. That's why I started to check the fonts from the beginning.
My system is strange and doesn't read .eps files and produces pdf files that I cannot read an on PC ?!?
Coming back to the 0k files. I deleted them, used TinkerTools to delete the font cache and restarted the Apple.
eps files can still not be displayed but now it seems that font are not causing that problem.
So, thanks for you help with the fonts. Do you happen to have an idea what I could do with my original problem?
Best regards,
Kurt
12 PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)
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