When i open emails, the text is replaced with question marks and boxes

i have a macbook pro and when i open email attatchments which are mainly bodys of text, the text is replaced with question marks in boxes, any ideas as to how to help this or even fix it completely!?

It means the text is a font not supported by whatever you are using

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