Strange Problem with Forms (Smart Forms)

I have lately been experiencing a strange problem with standard forms in the system. We have WebAS640 / ECC5.0 System. Soon after the initial run of patches, most forms in the system are showing the character '#' in place of formatted texts.
I have searched the internet and most forums, but have not found a solution. Since this is the standard forms that i am talking about (unmodified and untouched) so i assumed this had something to do with our patch levels. However that is only an assumption.
In particular i am having problem with the billing invoice type RD00, form name: LB_BIL_INVOICE. I have traced the problem to this much. The form shows the expected text, where no character format is applied to it. And where ever there is some character format, it just shows a string of hashes ('#'). The style being used by this form is LO_STYLE.
I am also listing my patch levels in case that helps.
SAP_BASIS     640             0014
SAP_ABA             640             0014
ST-PI             003C_640     0001
PI_BASIS     2004_1_640     0006
SAP_BW             350             0012
SAP_HR             500             0005
SAP_APPL     500             0006
PI             2004_1_500     0004
EA-IPPE             300             0004
EA-RETAIL     500             0005
EA-PS             500          0005
EA-HR             500          0005
EA-GLTRADE     500          0005
EA-FINSERV     500          0005
EA-DFPS      500          0005
EA-APPL      500           0005
Hope somebody can help in regard

Hi Ashan!
Interesting problem. You are seeing replacement characters, because assigned font(size) is not installed (somewhere, SAP or printer).
But since this is completely standard, open an OSS-request - maybe it's not as fast as SDN, but I'm sure you will get a qualified answer (and solution).
Regards,
Christian

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