Incorrect font display in Safari

I have just updated my operating system to 10.4.10 from 10.4.6 and have developed a problem when loading up certain pages in Safari. The page looks like it has cyrillic characters and cannot be read even though it displayed fine before.
I seem to remember having this problem in 10.4.6 and found a discussion forum that said it was due to a conflict in fonts and there was a certain one I needed to uncheck in Fontbook, or a certain setting that needed altering in Safari. Can anyone remind me what the solution is?
Thanks

If it really is cyrillic, you need to dump or deactivate some font you have added to the system, probably with a name like Helvetica or Times with CYR or SLA added, most likely in Home/Library/Fonts. Other fonts that can cause similar problems are Helvetica Fractions and Times Phonetic.

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