Letters turned into symbols?

I pressed something while typing and all of the letters turned into their respective symbols as if i typed them while holding 'option'. I'm also typing in the symbols and undo isn't solving the problem. Any ideas?

I ran into the exact same problem. Drove me crazy!
But I finally found a solution
Here's what I did (the steps below are under the assumption that the font with an issue/problem is inside your Users folder)
Close all iWork applications (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)
Launch Font Book (in Applications folder)
Right-click "User" on the left sidebar.
Select "Disable User" (may take a few minutes to compelete)
Right-click "User" on the left sidebar again.
This time, select "Enable User" (will take longer than the disabling step in #3).
Launch any iWork application and your font will be working properly again (no more gibberish characters!). Let me know if this works for you

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