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Bullets like the square box on all web pages show as weird characters, how can this be fixed?

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all bullets are weird like the picture below:

First I thougt I have a virus, this problem came up after a Firefox update, it was not there before

I´n running Win 8.1

Regs, Sami Aromaa

all bullets are weird like the picture below: First I thougt I have a virus, this problem came up after a Firefox update, it was not there before I´n running Win 8.1 Regs, Sami Aromaa

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Missing icons are usually supplied by a font that is downloaded from the server (@font-face) as you might see by little boxes that show the hex code of the characters instead.

Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own fonts.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced: [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

You can check the gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled pref on the about:config page and make sure that it is set to true (if necessary double-click the line to toggle its value).

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This is the picture, it failed to load at firts

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Chosen Solution

Missing icons are usually supplied by a font that is downloaded from the server (@font-face) as you might see by little boxes that show the hex code of the characters instead.

Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own fonts.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced: [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

You can check the gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled pref on the about:config page and make sure that it is set to true (if necessary double-click the line to toggle its value).