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I've been working in Firefox, I'm facing the problem with font changing. Whenever I switch to yahoo and any other site the font changed to Arial

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The websites like yahoo, pinterest fonts are messed up with Arial Black. So, it seems like a big one. All my Browsers are show the same thing. Do i want to reinstall all my browsers or all my windows fonts. Thanks in advance.

The websites like yahoo, pinterest fonts are messed up with Arial Black. So, it seems like a big one. All my Browsers are show the same thing. Do i want to reinstall all my browsers or all my windows fonts. Thanks in advance.

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Hello,

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.

To Reset Firefox do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
  3. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
  4. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.

Further information can be found in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

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This can be a problem with the font that is used to display the text.

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"

You can use this extension to see which fonts are used in text that is selected (right-click: "Show fonts in selection").


You can use the System File Checker to check if font files are missing or corrupted.

Open a cmd.exe window as Administrator:

Start, click Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and choose Run as administrator.

After the cmd.exe prompt, type: sfc.exe /scannow