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Some characters arent displaying, and some text is miscolored

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On some websites on FF for windows 10, some characters wont display and some text shows as the wrong color.

On some websites on FF for windows 10, some characters wont display and some text shows as the wrong color.
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Hello john.f.obrienjr,

Woud you please go over this article :

Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode

Does that make any difference ?

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Type about:preferences#content<enter> in the address bar. Across from fonts and colors, press the Advanced button. On the bottom, turn on Allow Web Sites To Choose Their Own.

Fonts Information - Detected via Flash http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1

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The "Allow Web Sites To Choose Their Own" has been enable prior to this issue arising.

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Did you try Safe mode, like I suggested ?

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This can possibly be a font issue.

You can right-click and select "Inspect Element" to open the builtin Inspector with this element selected.

You can check in the Rules tab in the right panel in the Inspector what font-family is used for selected text. You can check in the Font tab in the right panel in the Inspector what font is actually used because Firefox might be using a different font than specified by the website.