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Words are getting jumbled. It looks like words are getting overlaid with other letters when I type and read websites.

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wespaul
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Words are getting jumbled. It looks like other words are on top of words. This is in the firefox tab and throughout the websites.

Words are getting jumbled. It looks like other words are on top of words. This is in the firefox tab and throughout the websites.

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Hasan
Hasan
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-> go to View Menu -> Zoom -> click "Reset"

-> go to View Menu -> Page Style -> select "Basic Page Style"

-> go to Help Menu -> select "Restart with Add-ons Disabled"

Firefox will close then it will open up with just basic Firefox. You can enable the Add-ons later. Check and tell if its working.

cor-el
cor-el
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If you have increased the minimum font size then try the default setting "none" as a high value can cause issues like you described.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Minimum Font Size (none)
  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

You can use one of these extensions to set a default font size and page zoom on web pages: