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Fonts on Websites are not displaying correctly

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I am using FF 16.0.2 with all the default settings. When I go to certain websites, it displays with non-readable characters, almost like it isn't recognizing the page encoding. I checked and my encoding settings are set to Unicode (UTF-8). Screenshots of what I see are at: http://davidpetersen.smugmug.com/Computers/FF-Support/26331201_Bx6tqM

There are a number of websites that don't display properly but I have included three in the screenshots:

http://www.dlife.com http://www.twitpic.com http://www.smugmug.com

These sites display fine in other browsers. Thanks in advance. Dave Petersen

I am using FF 16.0.2 with all the default settings. When I go to certain websites, it displays with non-readable characters, almost like it isn't recognizing the page encoding. I checked and my encoding settings are set to Unicode (UTF-8). Screenshots of what I see are at: http://davidpetersen.smugmug.com/Computers/FF-Support/26331201_Bx6tqM There are a number of websites that don't display properly but I have included three in the screenshots: http://www.dlife.com http://www.twitpic.com http://www.smugmug.com These sites display fine in other browsers. Thanks in advance. Dave Petersen

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cor-el
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Sounds that you have a problem with a corrupted font.
That can be a Helvetica or Arial font: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif,Arial;

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.

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