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Text comes up as numbers on certain websites

locustwounded
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Some text comes up as numbers or "equations" on websites. I copied these numbers and pasted it into writing program which translated it into the text it should be. For example, 3/6 /59826 comes up as "english" when posted into text edit.

Currently running a macbook pro 2.16 ghz intel core duo with 2gb 667 mhz ddr2 sdram

and firefox version 3.6.8

Some text comes up as numbers or "equations" on websites. I copied these numbers and pasted it into writing program which translated it into the text it should be. For example, 3/6 /59826 comes up as "english" when posted into text edit. Currently running a macbook pro 2.16 ghz intel core duo with 2gb 667 mhz ddr2 sdram and firefox version 3.6.8

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You can do a check for corrupted fonts and other font issues:

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cor-el
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You can do a check for corrupted fonts and other font issues:

locustwounded
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Thank You! I would have never thought of that. Worked like a charm.