Spry select menu validation not working for all menus

Question

This is VERY strange...I have two menus which show depending on the selection in another menu.  The other, or main, menu has the spry validation working fine.  So does the validation for one of the other 'child' menus.  But the other child menu validation does not work, despite the fact that the code is nearly identical for both except for the spry ids and select ids (of course).  You can see the form working at:
https://registrations.ucc.usyd.edu.au/profile.php
If you select, say, Arts faculty from the faculty menu, then you will get another menu for schools.  Validation works for these when the submit button is pressed.  However, if you select 'Not Faculty' from the faculty menu another menu will show instead of the school menu.  This is the menu that is not validating.
I have attached my php page for the code in this form.
The same problem exists for other menus that are in hidden divs further down the page.
Any help appreciated!!!!

Answer 1

Your key is the "suitcase fusion for a font manager" line.
There is a bug where you won't be able to create a button if you have a bad font, or a duplicate font, installed.
First try shutting off all of the fonts you have open with Suitcase, and see if that helps. If so, open one suitcase at a time until you figure out which font is the culprit.
If shutting off all but the basic System fonts does not help, you might have to reinstall your system, or somehow update your core System fonts. I don't know how to do that, but there was a recent article at http://www.tidbits.com/ that discussed fonts and their maintenance. But ultimately it's a font problem.