System Fonts Problem

I recently purchased a huge font library from Adobe and decided to delete all previous fonts in all locations (i know i shouldnt) I planned to replace them all with the main library i just bought.
But now i got problems booting up, the system loads but the top apple bar hides/unhides forever with corrupt fonts. I have tried networking from a pc but i can only access home directory not system. Im a bit stuck as i just moved out to Cyprus over Christmas and my desktop G4 is in UK and i just got my iBook G4 laptop. I cant format it because i dont have all the main software disks with me so my iBook would be useless.
Is there a way i can boot up from a cd? I know there is tech-tool pro etc but i dont have them. I tried re-installing system again with my original 10.3 cd's but it wont let me install over the previous system as i have updated it to 10.3.9 and i dont have enough HD space to install a clean copy.
Anyone please able to help? I think im pretty stuck without another mac to network to. Or is it possible to restore my trash within command line at boot? As all the fonts are still in my trash i just need to get them back into the system.

Wow,
You do have a problem. It is possible to do this from command line but way beyond what I could ever tell you how to do.
As the link that Ali posted, you now know what to put where but have no way to do it.
Place this post in the Unix section of the forum with a title like
"Need command line help. Desperate!!!"
Here is the forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735
In the future, make a boot disk for such problems and always have it with you. A boot disk is a cd that allows boot of your computer and gives you a primitive but funcional finder. With it you could boot your laptop (it might take half an hour), move the fonts from the trash and put them back where you want.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15196

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http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1462/bild1.png
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I own a G4 purchased from a local Apple Authorized
reseller for greece Rainbow computers in order to be
able to use Greek fonts.
Generally speaking, for problems with Rainbow's stuff you need to consult Rainbow. Apple itself does not produce a localized Greek system or the special add-ons that Rainbow provides to let you use non-Unicode Greek with older apps.
However I'm facing major font problems in
applications such as Adobe Software i.e CS2
Greek fonts that actually work are very limited. For
example in Illustrator only Myriad Pro and Lucida
Grande function properly.
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---Edit---
I gotto add these infos. Win Xp Sp3 Photoshop cs4 Acrobat 9 (both trial)
---Edit---

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