Mail fonts showing as musical symbols

Hi!

I received an email the other day that I can read completely fine on my phone, but in Apple Mail, all the text is rendering mostly as musical notes:

So far it seems to be the only email that's showing up like this. I recently upgraded to Ventura, though I'm not sure if that's related or not. Restarting didn't help, not sure where to go next!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Feb 5, 2023 1:08 PM

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Tom Gewecke

Level 10

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Feb 5, 2023 1:44 PM in response to beekotopia

Sounds like a junk font on your system. In Font Book, do Restore Standard Fonts.

beekotopia Author

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Feb 6, 2023 11:40 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks! I went to Font Book -> Settings -> Advanced -> Rest Fonts (couldn't find Restore Standard Fonts), restarted the computer and back to normal :)

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