Facebook (and some other sites) unreadable bold font?
I just upgraded Firefox from 3.6 to 6.0.
I skipped 4.0 and 5.0 because I had problems with fonts on some websites.
I mainly encounter this problem on Facebook. I speak Dutch, so the button values are different, but the values of those buttons on the right top (with class 'topNavLink').. They show very bold and almost unreadable.
Also the normal status updates are shown in some hazy font type...
I have already read other people's questions about this problem.
- I have tried turning off the Hardware Acceleration in Firefox + restart Firefox => NOT SOLVED
- I have tried deleting Windows update KB2545698 and restart everything => NOT SOLVED
- My pages are not zoomed in.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6167/fbffbug.jpg (Dutch)
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7184/fbffbug2.jpg (US English)
Some people say the font is damaged, but that's bs in my opinion.
So, Can anyone help me fixing this problem?
PS: Sorry for my English, I speak Dutch...
Modified by Rubenvh
All Replies (6)
Which graphics display card do you have?
If you have an ATI card then try to disable "Morphological Filtering" in the Catalyst display driver:
- Catalyst Control Center > 3D Settings > Disable Morphological Filtering
Does it help if you disable the website fonts and try a different font?
- Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced : [ ] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"
Maybe you can identify the font that is causing the problems.
- http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1 Fonts Information - Detected via Flash
You will likely wind up with freezing issues too... go back to 3.6.2 - I just did, and I am now happy with FF again.
I have the same problem it started just recently, don't really know what triggered the font bold problem.
@cor-el: I have NVIDIA GeForce G105M... When I check the about:support in FF, it says "ClearType-parameters - ClearType-parameters niet gevonden" (ClearType-parameters not found). Can this be causing the problem?
I can change the font, but I don't want that. I want to be able to see the site's original style. I am a webprogrammer, so changing the font in a browser is no option for me.
I tried that URL u gave me, but I don't find any font that looks weird... Also the fonts declared in Facebook's stylesheet (font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;) are displayed normally.
@MitchBentley: That was my decision as well when I first upgraded to FF4.0. But I'd like to make use of the new features and technology as I make websites myself...
I think I've found what the problem is... When I check about:support, I get some information, including:
Toepassingsbasics
Naam
Firefox
Versie
6.0
Useragent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0
Profielmap
Bijbehorende map openen
Ingeschakelde plug-ins
about:plugins
Buildconfiguratie
about:buildconfig
Grafisch
Adapterbeschrijving
NVIDIA GeForce G105M
Vendor-ID
10de
Device-ID
0a68
Adapter-RAM
512
Adapterstuurprogramma’s
nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Stuurprogrammaversie
8.16.11.8817
Datum stuurprogramma
11-28-2009
Direct2D ingeschakeld
Geblokkeerd voor uw grafische stuurprogramma. Probeer uw grafische stuurprogramma bij te werken naar versie 257.21 of nieuwer.
DirectWrite ingeschakeld
false (6.1.7601.17563)
ClearType-parameters
ClearType-parameters niet gevonden
WebGL-renderer
Geblokkeerd voor uw grafische stuurprogramma. Probeer uw grafische stuurprogramma bij te werken naar versie 257.21 of nieuwer.
GPU-versnelde vensters
0/1. Geblokkeerd voor uw grafische stuurprogramma. Probeer uw grafische stuurprogramma bij te werken naar versie 257.21 of nieuwer.
A lot of my Graphics settings are disabled ("geblokkeerd") for Firefox... Why is this? How can I solve this?
UPDATE: I am now trying to download a driver update for my Graphics...
NVIDIA Driver Downloads
Product: NVIDIA GeForce G105M
Current Installed Driver: 188.17
Latest Driver Update:
Verde 280.26 Driver Version: 280.26 WHQL Release Date: August 9, 2011
Edit: The update didn't help.. :/
Modified by Rubenvh
After searching for a while on my own website (which has the same problem), I found out the font Lucida Grande is the one showing that bold and unreadable. If I change it to any other font, i shows up normal.
What can cause this only to happen with the Lucida Grande font?
font-family: 'Lucida Grande';
Triple post, I'm sorry.. BUT: I have found the solution!
As soon as I knew what font was causing the problem, I searched for more information about the font.
Lucida Grande seemed to be an older font, not used by Windows.. But it gets installed with Safari etc.
The font files of Lucida Grande I had, probably were very old. I deleted them and downloaded other ones. I installed those and my problems got fixed.
The font files I installed: http://font.pendownload.com/2009/10/lucida-grande-facebook-font/
Modified by Rubenvh