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Chinese font is not displaying correctly

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When I go onto a page with Chinese on it some of the characters appear thinner and some thicker. See screenshot.

When I go onto a page with Chinese on it some of the characters appear thinner and some thicker. See screenshot.
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So I just reinstalled Firefox and now it is one consistent font (Microsoft YaHei).

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Type about:preferences#content<enter> in the address bar. Across from fonts and colors, press the Advanced button. On the bottom, turn on Allow Web Sites To Choose Their Own.

Fonts Information - Detected via Flash http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1

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The checkmark was already checked.

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You can check what fonts Firefox is using in both cases.

You can right-click and select "Inspect Element" to open the builtin Inspector with this element selected.

You can check in the Rules tab in the right panel in the Inspector what font-family is used for selected text. You can check in the Font tab in the right panel in the Inspector what font is actually used because Firefox might be using a different font than specified by the website.

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The fonts it is using are:

  • Roboto
  • Microsoft YaHei
  • Yu Gothic

It may be possible that some characters are displayed with one font and others with another. How would I check for that?

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You can select an individual character and check this character in the Inspector.

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Apparently some of the text is in Microsoft YaHei and some of it is in Yu Gothic. How can I make it so that it is consistent?

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So I just reinstalled Firefox and now it is one consistent font (Microsoft YaHei).

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SchoolBusesC2 said

So I just reinstalled Firefox and now it is one consistent font (Microsoft YaHei).