Strange text on many pages

i recently adjusted the text encoding settings within safari and now i'm experiencing some strange text on webpages. it will display some regular/normal text and it will also display other text as pictures (like wingdings).
fyi - i adjusted to UTF-8 and then to Western (Mac OS Roman).
what do i need to do?

i'm experiencing some strange text on
webpages. it will display some regular/normal text
and it will also display other text as pictures (like
wingdings).
You may have a font substitution problem. Make sure you get rid of Helvetica Fractions and Times Phonetic if you have them. Send me a screenshot if you like an I'll have a look (click on my name for the address).

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