Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
Any ideas please?
I downloaded quite a few Windows updates and then noticed that the font in Windows apps was "fractured" with bits missing.
I did a system RESTORE and all normal again.
I had not downloaded any other information in the preceding days.
I will try to attach a screen shot (in two pieces) of those programs I downloaded.

[recovering DISK space, attachment deleted by admin]Second portion

[recovering disk space, attachment deleted by admin]What was the PURPOSE of posting the screen shots? I see nothing unusual in them. Unsure of requirements. Thought they may have something to do with it.
Seemed peculiar that the font problem occurred after those downloads, and when I performed a system restore for a few days previous, all was serene. I have limited computer knowledge and thought I was doing the right thing.
I would still like to know what caused the problem on a learning basis.
Posting screen shots can be very helpful when they actually show the problem. But, your screen shots show no evidence whatsoever of "broken text".

I don't know what caused the problem; perhaps other members will have comments on this. But, your approach to resolving it was appropriate; you made good use of the system restore feature. Screen shots were taken after the system restore and therefore showed no broken fonts.
Thank you for youir interest anyhow.
The only thing I can THINK of doing, is to download the updates one or two at a time and NOTE if they send the font bonkers. Thanks again.
One way to deal with this or other problems that might arise from updates is to use a drive image tool such as Macrium Reflect Free and create a full image of your hard drive, or at least the partition on which the OS, i.e. Windows, resides before installing a batch of updates from Windows Updates. This image file should be put on an external drive or burned to an optical disc. This image file can be used to restore your system exactly to it's state at the date and time you created the image.