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Why have all my icons been replaced by tiny vertical boxes.

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This weirdness happens with, for example, Yahoo and Tumblr websites. If I use Safari, the icons appear as usual/normal, so I assume it's a browser problem. I don't know how to send you a sample image of the tiny boxes that have replaced the icons.

This weirdness happens with, for example, Yahoo and Tumblr websites. If I use Safari, the icons appear as usual/normal, so I assume it's a browser problem. I don't know how to send you a sample image of the tiny boxes that have replaced the icons.

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Hi jakeallsop,

I understand that icons have been replaced with vertical boxes. If this is happening in the the websites only please first clear the cache and cookies:

Second I would check if this setting is checked:

  1. Right click on the page and select "Page Info"
  2. In the box that opens up click on the "Media" tab and make sure that "[ ]block images from "www.....com" is not checked.
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These are the tall boxes with two rows of two characters each?

The most common reason for this problem is if you set Firefox to use a standard set of fonts instead of letting websites choose their own fonts. You can review/modify that setting here:

"3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences > Content

Click the "Advanced" button, then make sure there is a checkbox for "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

OK that and reload the page (Cmd+r) to see whether it loads the custom font.

Back to normal?

If not, font downloading might be disabled. Please check this setting:

(A) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Return/Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.

(B) In the search box above the list, type or paste gfx and pause while the list is filtered

(C) If the gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled is bolded and "user set" to false, double-click it to switch it back to true

You can reload the page and see whether that helps. Success?

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer