Of Chat boxes and fonts

[Lexi357]

Hi everyone!
I have been having a bit of trouble for awhile now and am hoping someone could asist me in fixing it.

I have 5 characters but it seems for awhile now when I log in on 2 of them I have no chat box and I miss all chat/text until I hit enter to activate the box. this has gone from scary to annoying to a downright pain in the butt. it doesn't seem to matter how I log in, from launcher from character select or from the shutdown menu. it Always happens and it ONLY happens on 2 of them. I was wondering if someone here could assist me in figuring out why it's doing that and possibly even fix it so it stops.

Also on a related note. I use Deathbanes Quickarial because it makes it easier to see the fonts throughout the game. I also edited it slightly so that chat is bolded that way I don't have to use as large a font and my chat window can be a bit smaller. but the last 3 times I have relogged in my chat is back to default I checked the eq2_fonts xml file and it seems to have overwritten the quickarial so everytime I log I need to add it in and edit it it again one the launcher has updated...again a PITA.
Is there any way to keep the game from over writing the file or have I placed it in the wrong location (/Everquest 2/UI/Default) and thats why it overwrites it.

I would really appreciate some input on this especially the chat box thing.

Thanks in advance

Lexi