Ps CS5 - Save as .pdf - serious font issues.

Hello.
I'm having seriuos issues with fonts while saving as .pdf from Ps.
No matter what pdf settins I use, the fonts result messed up one way or the other (see attachment).
It only happens when saving as .pdf from Ps, while all works fine when saving from Ai, Word, etc...
I have no idea what could be the reason. Please help.
Thanks in advance.
Attachment:
top: screen capture od .psd in Ps (with font/paragraph settings)
bottom: screen capture of saved .pdf in Acrobat
Microsoft Windows 7 x32/x64 (same issue on two machines)
Adobe Photoshop 12.0.3 x32/x64 respectively
Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.0.0 x64
Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.4.1 x32

I saved the test PDF I provided from Photoshop CS5 standard 64 bit on Windows 7 x64.
Your document looks fine here:
At 200%:
At 100%:
-Noel

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