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my firefox does not show fonts correctly

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after i upgrade my windows 7 to windows 10 Firefox does not show fonts correctly! i have uninstalled an then reinstalled different version of Firefox and it did not solved my problem! i have tried using Firefox portable but the problem did not solved! i had to used google chrome and chrome does not have any font issue! i have attached a screenshot to help you understand the issue.i typed "google" and see how it shows it!!!!!!!!!!!!! please help mt to get back to Firefox again

i could not attach my screenshot here it sticks on "uploading" i have attached it in link and you can download my screenshot from bellow link http://s8.picofile.com/file/8325505234/google.png

after i upgrade my windows 7 to windows 10 Firefox does not show fonts correctly! i have uninstalled an then reinstalled different version of Firefox and it did not solved my problem! i have tried using Firefox portable but the problem did not solved! i had to used google chrome and chrome does not have any font issue! i have attached a screenshot to help you understand the issue.i typed "google" and see how it shows it!!!!!!!!!!!!! please help mt to get back to Firefox again i could not attach my screenshot here it sticks on "uploading" i have attached it in link and you can download my screenshot from bellow link http://s8.picofile.com/file/8325505234/google.png

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Hi, are you running a specific language browser ? https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ or using and dictionary's ? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?platform=windows&q=dictionarys

So get your proper language browser use proper dictionary and fix the below :

Please uninstall and reinstall your Video Card Drivers as there are errors and/or update them adapterDescription: NVIDIA GeForce 410M driverDate: 12-29-2016 u'available is good, u'unavailable is bad as is blocked. featureLog: {u'fallbacks': [], u'features': [{u'status': u'disabled', u'description': u'Compositing', u'log': [{u'status': u'available', u'type': u'default'}, {u'status': u'disabled', u'message': u'Disabled by pref', u'type': u'user'}], u'name': u'HW_COMPOSITING'}, {u'status': u'unavailable', u'description': u'Direct3D11 Compositing', u'log': [{u'status': u'unavailable', u'message': u'Hardware compositing is disabled', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'D3D11_COMPOSITING'}, {u'status': u'unavailable', u'description': u'Direct2D', u'log': [{u'status': u'unavailable', u'message': u'Direct2D requires Direct3D 11 compositing', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'DIRECT2D'}, {u'status': u'disabled', u'description': u'Direct3D11 hardware ANGLE', u'log': [{u'status': u'unavailable', u'message': u'D3D11 compositing is disabled', u'type': u'default'}, {u'status': u'disabled', u'message': u'D3D11 compositing is disabled', u'type': u'env'}], u'name': u'D3D11_HW_ANGLE'}

Please update your Flash 26.0 r0 is a security risk. Flash Player Version: 29.0.0.140 Current Version https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Step 1: Select Operating System Step 2: Select A Version (Firefox, . . . .) Note: Other software is offered in the download. <Windows Only>

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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Hi, are you running a specific language browser ? https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ or using and dictionary's ? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?platform=windows&q=dictionarys

So get your proper language browser use proper dictionary and fix the below :

Please uninstall and reinstall your Video Card Drivers as there are errors and/or update them adapterDescription: NVIDIA GeForce 410M driverDate: 12-29-2016 u'available is good, u'unavailable is bad as is blocked. featureLog: {u'fallbacks': [], u'features': [{u'status': u'disabled', u'description': u'Compositing', u'log': [{u'status': u'available', u'type': u'default'}, {u'status': u'disabled', u'message': u'Disabled by pref', u'type': u'user'}], u'name': u'HW_COMPOSITING'}, {u'status': u'unavailable', u'description': u'Direct3D11 Compositing', u'log': [{u'status': u'unavailable', u'message': u'Hardware compositing is disabled', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'D3D11_COMPOSITING'}, {u'status': u'unavailable', u'description': u'Direct2D', u'log': [{u'status': u'unavailable', u'message': u'Direct2D requires Direct3D 11 compositing', u'type': u'default'}], u'name': u'DIRECT2D'}, {u'status': u'disabled', u'description': u'Direct3D11 hardware ANGLE', u'log': [{u'status': u'unavailable', u'message': u'D3D11 compositing is disabled', u'type': u'default'}, {u'status': u'disabled', u'message': u'D3D11 compositing is disabled', u'type': u'env'}], u'name': u'D3D11_HW_ANGLE'}

Please update your Flash 26.0 r0 is a security risk. Flash Player Version: 29.0.0.140 Current Version https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Step 1: Select Operating System Step 2: Select A Version (Firefox, . . . .) Note: Other software is offered in the download. <Windows Only>

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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It is possible that there is a problem with the font that is used to display the text.

You can do a font test to see if you can identify corrupted font(s).

You can try different default fonts and temporarily disable website fonts to test the selected default font.

  • Options/Preferences -> General: Fonts & Colors -> Advanced
    [ ] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"