After Uninstalling fonts still appear as Special Characters

[efeminella]

Issue

After switching back to default system font (San Francisco), then Uninstalling macOSLucidaGrande, Application fonts still appear as Special Characters rather than default system font

Steps to Reproduce

• Open macOSLucidaGrande
• Switch back to default system font (San Francisco)
• Uninstall macOSLucidaGrande
• Reboot machine

Expected Result

Default system font should be restored system-wide (including all applications).

Actual Result (Issue)

Application fonts still appear as Special Characters rather than default system font

[ebatti]

Having this same issue. Any fix?

[ebatti]

Found a fix.
If you manually clear the font cache via terminal, all is back to normal.

sudo atsutil databases -remove