Installing Fonts modifies default system fonts

I installed fonts on my MBP but now when I browse to google in firefox it shows the text of it in a font called gear crank. Also in MS Word on mac it has chosen some other font as the default. I installed the fonts from a package into my user font library.
So first question is why does mac os x allow the system font to be changed by installing other user fonts?
Second question how do I set my default system font for all appliations?

Try running TinkerTool, click on Fonts and then Set to Default. This solved a similar problem for a friend.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/5721/tinkertool

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