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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

The font shown on Firefox is all messed up...It shows up some hex codes in a box. What should I do?

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preveeth
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The font shows up some hex codes in a box. Something like the below. ___ |00| |4D|

Thanks

The font shows up some hex codes in a box. Something like the below. ___ |00| |4D| ----- Thanks

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cor-el
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Which encoding is selected when you see the hex code?

  • Firefox > Web Developer > Character Encoding
  • View > Character Encoding

You can try to set the Boolean pref gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.use_gdi_table_loading to false true on the about:config page.

Can you post a link on a page where you see it?

If you see such a box with hex code in it then that means that Firefox can't map a character to a specific font and you have to install a font that covers the affected characters.