Messages App Greyed-Out and Non-functional

I recently installed Yosemite on my (June 2013) Macbook Air and my messages app has just become an exercise in mind-numbing frustration.
Issue:
When I get texts, I get the pop-up notification in the top-right of my Mac with the texter's name and a preview of their message, but when I click on the notifications.. they disappear and nothing happens. Sometimes it'll pull up the messages app, but no matter how many times I restart it, the app is just a grey window that says "No Conversation Selected"-- or sometimes, it doesn't even say that. It's just a blank grey screen. And all (useful) preferences and options in the menu (apart from "about" and "close messages") are greyed-out, and the app itself doesn't show any conversations.
Worst part being that I can't seem to find many people with the same issue, and thus I've Googled myself out to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas?

Ralph Johns (UK) (to Emily Vu) 19 minutes ago
Hi,
Check the Font AppleGothic.ttf is active and validates using the Font Book app.
if you have to change anything restart the Mac.
If this is not the issue go to ~/Library/Preferences and find com.apple.ichat.plist and Drag it to the Trash and then restart Messages.
The above reply in another thread solved my issue! Namely that my apple gothic font was disabled, breaking the entire Messages app.

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