Avoid font display issues when installing Office 2008

Feb 15, '08 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

More a tip than a hint: When the Microsoft Office 2008 installer tells you to shut down other running applications before installing, listen to its advice.

I just installed Office 2008 and threw caution to the wind by leaving Safari open (I had a page open with an unsubmitted form that I didn't want to lose). After the installer finished, Safari seemingly lost the ability to display a significant number of consonants when rendering sans-serif fonts.

Not exactly a system melt down, but it made Safari strangely unusable until I rebooted.

[robg adds: As a counterpoint, I left tons of stuff running while I installed Office 2008, and didn't seem to have any font-related issues.]

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