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Disable Clear Type in all sites

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I've set gfx.direct2d.disabled to true and yet some sites are displayed in Clear Type. How can I disable Clear Type in all sites?

Thank you.

I've set gfx.direct2d.disabled to true and yet some sites are displayed in Clear Type. How can I disable Clear Type in all sites? Thank you.

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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.

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Thanks for the help.

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Can you attach a screenshot and post a link?

Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.

Try to set the gfx.content.azure.enabled pref to false.

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Hi cor-el,

I've recently moved from Win xp to Win 7 and installed it on a new computer (and a new monitor).

I'm having some issues with blurry fonts. With Clear Type on the text is hardly readable.

On this page, and I hope you could see it in the attached screenshot, the big letters (esspacially W, O, P) are really fuzzy.

I appreciate your help.

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Did you try to disable hardware acceleration to see if that helps?

Are there any error messages or warnings in the Graphics section on the Help > Troubleshooting Information page?

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Thanks a lot.

Disabling hardware acceleration didn't help.

I coudn't find anything wrong in the Troubleshooting Information page. I'd really appreciate it if you could take a look at the attached screenshots.

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That Troubleshooting page is OK.

Which font is used for that text?

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

You can do a font test to see if you can identify corrupted or otherwise malfunctioning 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"
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That's great. You do know a lot! :) Thanks.

The font used is: Open Sans Regular, and I don't have it installed. If I force Fx to use another font the page is displayed correctly.

Why does Fx display the page (this forum) in Open Sans Regular? Is there a way to solve it without using a fixed font? Looking at the list of fonts (in http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1) the only apparently malfunctioning one is the Segoe UI. I've read about this font in the last couple of days. It seems I have some problem in Win 7. Any Idea?

Best regards.

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Firefox will download the Open Sans font automatically from the Mozilla server via an @font-face rule in a linked CSS file.

@font-face{
font-family:'Open Sans';
src:url('//www.mozilla.org/media/fonts/OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff') format('woff')
}
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Thanks again.

I didn't quite understand the steps I should take. Could you please elaborate?