You can use Font Finagler's Font Cache Cleaner feature to purge cache files in an attempt to restore normal behavior, and to help rule out a font cache corruption as the sole cause of the problem.
If, however, you use Font Cache Cleaner but the problem remains, then it could be caused by a font conflict, by a corrupt or less-than-ideal-quality font, or by an underlying OS X font-handling bug.
You can try removing fonts to isolate the problematic fonts that are causing this behavior.
NOTE: The Font Finagler beta version will expire on December 1 2009.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Worked around a bug that could prevent Font Finagler from launching properly on Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) and Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard).
Notes:
· Requires Mac OS X 10.4.x or later
· Will expire on December 1, 2009 12:00 AM EST