Minor but urgent keyboard problem

Dear forum friends.
I have accidentally pressed some combination of buttons on my Mac Air and now the entire font of the keyboard has been changed to some strange symbols.
I cannot type any alphabets or numbers anymore. I rebooted it but now I cannot even enter the password.
Please advise the basic keyboard combination button to change font styles.
This is a minor but urgent issue for me.
Thanks.

amershiraz wrote:
I then rebooted to Re install OSx Lion from my Wifi.
Holding ⌘ (command key) and R (two fingers) while starting your Mac (third finger) boots OS X Recovery. Keep holding ⌘ and R until the Mac starts. If OS X is being reinstalled from the Recovery partition then that is proceeding correctly. Wait the 24 hours or as long as it takes for it to download the additional components. When it completes, at the very first screen you will be given the opportunity to select the language you want to use. If that is English, it is the very first selection in the list, so just click the "right arrow" icon.
If that does not fix your keyboard language problem then restart your Mac, use the external USB keyboard, and make sure you select the "US" keyboard (not "US Extended" or any other), from System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources. Do that in addition to the appropriate choices in the Language and Text tabs.
I have been unable to duplicate what you're describing so if these suggestions don't work, I'm out of ideas. Let me know and I'll try to solicit more competent assistance for you.
A hardware fault is possible but from what you describe there is no reason to suspect that yet.

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Dear forum friends.
I have accidentally pressed some combination of buttons on my Mac Air and now the entire font of the keyboard has been changed to some strange symbols.
I cannot type any alphabets or numbers anymore. I rebooted I rebooted it but now I cannot even enter the password.
Please advise the basic keyboard combination button to change font styles.
This is a minor but urgent issue for me.
Thanks.

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