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Poor fonts in web pages, cannot change using Tools/Options

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Downloaded firefox 3.6 using windows xp. Web pages show very poor fonts. Unable to change fonts using the Tools/Options.

Downloaded firefox 3.6 using windows xp. Web pages show very poor fonts. Unable to change fonts using the Tools/Options.

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cor-el
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You can enable ClearType system wide for all programs to make other programs like Firefox use it.

Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects: "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts"