Latin text being replaced by Chinese (?) characters in Sys Prefs and password boxes

hello,

have strange problem, font in system preferences (when entering password) or during installation, not written in latin characters, chinese/japanese (forgive me...).

cause this? i'm on late 2011 mba on 10.7. have slow internet connection hope won't involve re-install.

thank you.

 

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did ever figure out was?

got same problem!

 

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