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    Weird Font Issue On Firefox

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by TechEnthusiast, Jul 22, 2008.

  1. TechEnthusiast

    TechEnthusiast Notebook Consultant

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    When browsing certain pages on firefox, The font shows up as some squiggly annoying font. This has happened on both laptops that I have owned. I have had the same font package on both laptops. I have tried replacing my new fonts with their old copies. I know I did it correctly so I think my system fonts settings has been effectively ruled out. Now I think that the only possibility lies in the firefox folder. Here is an example of a page that gets that stupid weird font (only when using firefox, IE runs it Fine.): http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/central/

    I have taken a sample of the site code where the font error occurs that is here: "<head>
    <**** http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
    < title>Getting Started with Firefox</title>
    < script type="text/javascript" src="/js/util.js"></script>
    < link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/includes/yui/2.5.1/reset-fonts-grids/reset-fonts-grids.css" />
    < link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/tignish/template.css" media="screen" />

    < link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/tignish/content.css" media="screen" />
    < script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/yui/2.5.1/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js"></script>
    < script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/yui/2.5.1/container/container_core-min.js"></script>
    < link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/tignish/portal-page.css" media="screen" />
    < link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/tignish/getting-started.css" media="screen" />
    < script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/yui/2.5.1/utilities/utilities.js"></script>
    < script type="text/javascript" src="/js/mozilla-pager.js"></script>

    < /head>
    "
    Here is a sample picture. [​IMG]
    Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance.
    Edit: I butchered some of the tags in order to get the code to show up here.
     
    TechEnthusiast, Jul 22, 2008
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  2. Mikelx215

    Mikelx215 Notebook Evangelist

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    By Cthulhu's slimy beard! Look at those lower case 't's. Clearly this is the work of negaverse-Nazis.

    Not to worry. They mostly just fight for peace and racial tolerance through non-violence. It's Bizarro-Gandhi you want to watch out for.
     
    Mikelx215, Jul 22, 2008
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    That’s some ugly script.

    Have you been monkeying around with the fonts in Fox or Windows or Office?
    Opera is my main browser so I don’t know where to navigate and reset to default fonts in Fox, but it should have a setting in your Fox profile to use custom fonts or the standards.
     
    CGSUN, Jul 22, 2008
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  4. TechEnthusiast

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    The only font's that I've touched are those in the Windows fonts directory and I've set those back.
    here's some pictures of my firefox content and advanced font settings. [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    TechEnthusiast, Jul 22, 2008
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    No one else has any ideas?
     
    TechEnthusiast, Jul 23, 2008
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    Solved:

    You have the Georgia font installed, which if removed will cure the problem

    It's taken me ages to solve this one. So I'm more than happy to pas on what I have discovered.
     
    Andy47, Jul 23, 2008
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  7. TechEnthusiast

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    Thanks let me check this one out. Wow, you're freakin brilliant how on earth did you discover that. THANKS A BUNCH!
     
    TechEnthusiast, Jul 23, 2008
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