Spaces and Missing Windows

I've been using 10.5 since its release, and prefer to work with a number of Spaces open. Without fail, a number of times per day an application (seemingly random) will disappear from its Space, and (though still clearly running) be unable to be recovered unless I:
1. Hide it using the dock, then click to reappear (usually successful)
2. Manually assign the application to a specific space, then remove.
I've seen a number of discussions on other forums with users having the same problem, but it has gotten to the point that I don't want to use this machine for development anymore. I assumed it was a problem related to Spaces, but other posters have mentioned similar problems with Spaces turned off, so now I'm not as sure.
I'd like to know if
1.) Anyone has found a permanent solution for this problem (that doesn't involve going back to 10.4...)
2.) Is this a problem Apple is aware of and feverishly working to correct?
Message was edited by: Ronunism

The general approach at this time is to ask if you've checked for any problematic fonts (all languages) with Apple's Font Book (look in the Applications folder). Find and remove all duplicates also.
Start there to be sure all fonts that are in play come out with a clean bill of health.
Don't hesisate to perform wholesale deletion of old and/or little used fonts - be skeptical of anything that has come from Office 2008, including those related to an Equation Editor installation.
By all means be sure any 3rd party apps are Snow Leopard compatible.
Good luck in any case.

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