print small squares instead of numbers/letters

having an intermittent problem with both my HP (laser & ink-jet) printers.  I've updated printer drivers, but still this problem - where small squares instead of numbers and letters sometimes appear.

I read that the "print job wants to use a character that is not present in the selected font (font) and the character set' - that I sort of understand.  but I don't understand how/why that it just started to happen (I use these two printers for several years).

and especially, I do not know what to do about it.  even when I save files as PDF files on my desktop, the small squares always appear...

Thanks for any help!

Applications > fonts Book.app

Open the font book application.

Click file >restore fonts Standard... and restore the fonts.

Restart if necessary.

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