The problem was directly related to the cufon font I used (i.e. Museo 300). I wasn’t able to resolve the issue with Museo 300, but the cufon font replacement that alchymyth pointed out worked with any of the fonts located at https://www.cufonfonts.com. I wasn’t able to replace my cufon font properly because I stupidly did not input the correct cufon font name (I thought I could just make it up!). Anyway, I was able to figure it out and now I’m pretty set with the font that I have chosen (i.e. TeX Gyre Aventor).
Thanks again everyone for you input. It was really helpful!
