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Information in certain areas on web sites is not readable

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Tabs and some links are not readable. Looks like the font is not available so symbols are substituted (dçîĖêåãÉåí) it should say Government. This happens on other sites in the links.

Tabs and some links are not readable. Looks like the font is not available so symbols are substituted (dçîĖêåãÉåí) it should say Government. This happens on other sites in the links.

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This issue can be caused by an old bitmap version of the Helvetica or Geneva font or (bitmap) fonts that Firefox can't display in that size.
Firefox can't display some old bitmap fonts in a larger size and displays gibberish instead.
You can test that by zooming out (View > Zoom > Zoom Out, Ctrl -) to make the text smaller.

Uninstall (remove) all variants of that not working font to make Firefox use another font or see if you can find a True type version that doesn't show the problem.
There have also been fonts with a Chinese name reported that identify themselves as Helvetica, so check that as well.