Strange Character Set

I'll attach a picture of one example.  For many of the common buttons and text used by LabVIEW I suddenly have strange characters displayed instead of regular English.  What can I do to restore English?
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Jeff_Spaulding wrote:
I'll attach a picture of one example.  For many of the common buttons and text used by LabVIEW I suddenly have strange characters displayed instead of regular English.  What can I do to restore English?
Please elaborate on "suddenly."  Can you recall doing anything "unusual" right before you noticed the issue? 
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