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Certain unicode symbols appearing as a crossed out rectangle

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I've searched and found problems similar to mine yet different, mine is specifically certain symbols appearing as crossed out rectangles; and when copy pasted here, they appear as so [ ᅠᅠ ]

I've already verified that 'gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled' has been set to true, and made sure that 'Allow pages to choose their own fonts' has been checked.

I've also tried disabling and enabling the Extensions I have installed, and they had no effect on the issue.

Booting Firefox in Safe Mode also has this issue, whereas Chrome does not. Therefore, I'm wondering if this is a Firefox issue that can be fixed or not.

I've searched and found problems similar to mine yet different, mine is specifically certain symbols appearing as crossed out rectangles; and when copy pasted here, they appear as so [ ᅠᅠ ] I've '''already verified that 'gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled' has been set to true, and made sure that 'Allow pages to choose their own fonts' has been checked.''' I've also tried disabling and enabling the Extensions I have installed, and they had '''no effect''' on the issue. Booting Firefox in Safe Mode also has this issue, whereas Chrome does not. Therefore, I'm wondering if this is a Firefox issue that can be fixed or not.
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You can check for issues with (corrupted) fonts. It looks that Firefox is using a so called last resort font where all glyphs are the same.

You can right-click and select "Inspect" to open the built-in 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 Fonts 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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On Firefox it displays the Font as Segoe UI Symbol, whereas on Chrome it either displays the 'true name' or something irrelevant in the same spot. I tried installing / reinstalling the Segoe UI Symbol font, however with no change.

I ought to say I've seen this issue before on an old phone I had, certain symbols just appeared like this, whereas a newer phone I got later didn't have that problem, not sure if that's relevant or not.

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Make sure you allow pages to choose their own fonts.

  • Settings -> General -> Language and Appearance -> Fonts -> Advanced
    [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above"

If you use uBlock Origin make sure not to "block remote fonts".

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Not to be disrespectful, but that is nearly the first thing I said I already did...