Mail 5.3 recent html distortions

I am runnign OS 7.5 with Mail 5.3
Just in the last few days, older e-mails (mostly political), previously readable, now have MANY characters obliterated with a special symbol (looks like a keyboard key "A").
Not all mails have this defect; sending to an older system and older mail eliminates this display defect.
Advice?

Back up all data.
Launch the Font Book application and validate all fonts. You must select the fonts in order to validate them. See the built-in help and this support article for instructions. If Font Book finds any issues, resolve them.
From the application's menu bar, select
File ▹ Restore Standard Fonts...
You'll be prompted to confirm, and then to enter your administrator login password.
Boot in safe mode to rebuild the font caches. Boot again as usual and test.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. In that case, ask for instructions.
Also note that if you deactivate or remove any built-in fonts, for instance by using a third-party font manager, the system may become unstable.

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