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wonky text incoming messages

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annanaimus
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Some email messages have wonky text - how to fix this in Thunderbird?

Same question for how to fix in Firefox.

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Thanks

Some email messages have wonky text - how to fix this in Thunderbird? Same question for how to fix in Firefox. See attached screen shot. Thanks
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Ed
Ed
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Try turning off hardware acceleration.

For TB:

- go to TB Menu > Settings and enter 'hardware' (no quotes) in the search box 

  - uncheck 'Use hardware acceleration when available'

- close the tab and restart TB

For FF:

Try turning off hardware acceleration:

Go to FF Menu > Settings and enter 'hardware' (no quotes) in the search box

- uncheck 'Use recommended performance settings'

- uncheck 'Use hardware acceleration when available'

- close the tab and restart FF

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