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the persian/farsi font appears unconnected in facebook since I updated to firefox 11

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I've updated to firefox 11.00 recently and since then I see persian/farsi fonts unconnected in facebook in other websites the fonts work well

I've updated to firefox 11.00 recently and since then I see persian/farsi fonts unconnected in facebook in other websites the fonts work well

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Sounds that Firefox uses a font on that site that doesn't render Persian fonts properly.

Try to disable Direct2D by setting the gfx.direct2d.disabled pref to true on the about:config page.

Try to disable hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

Try to disable the website fonts as a test and try a few different default (serif/sans-serif) fonts.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced ([ ] Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above)
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I tried eht second option...it works, the fonts on fb can be read correctly but now each website I visit has change to times new roman... but it works, thanks for your help