My font has changed

Somehow, my font has changed into a choppy font.
As far as I know, I haven't changed anything in the settings for the font.

I figured out myself that all the Windows updates I had the couple of days, has changed the font in choppy letters. I deleted a couple of them and the problem went away.
Still, i find it's very strange that an update, which is designed to HELP the system, is changing the font. So, the question is: which updates of Windows can I rely on and which can't I rely on?

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Without a uploaded photo of the garbled font,
I would suggest looking for Helvetica Fractions if
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