Why is my system font different characters

[Android Central Question]

So for some reason all of my system fonts have become messed up. Showing up like "üñīñstãl"

(Note, that's not letter for letter what it says but similar)

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! That's interesting -- I saw another recent post about it. The person's phone was an obscure Chinese brand. Which one do you have?

 

[Tow3L1e]

I have an LG G5. The issue only began a couple of weeks ago. Not quite sure why

 

[Tow3L1e]

Here is a screen shot

 

[Tow3L1e]

Bingo! I found out what it was.

Somehow the system language had changed to 'English (XA)'

I'm not sure how this happened as I haven't personally changed it, but I had recently changed my keyboard to gboard (Google's keyboard) so maybe this changed something in the process.

So yeah, if anyone else is experiencing the same issue, take a look at your languages.

 

[B. Diddy]

Great! Thanks for sharing the solution. Now I have to find that other thread I mentioned and tell them what you found!