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Sometimes the text on a web page is distorted or looks like it overlays other text. Some web sites the text gets totally mis-aligned. The same sites are fine when I use IE. And sometimes, when typing ... the cursor goes awry.

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Text is overlaid on text to render the page unreadable. sometimes columns are totally misaligned.

Text is overlaid on text to render the page unreadable. sometimes columns are totally misaligned.

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Reset the page zoom on pages that cause problems: View > Zoom > Reset (Ctrl+0 (zero); Cmd+0 on Mac)
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If you have increased the minimum font size then try the default setting 'none' as a high value can cause issues like you described.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Minimum Font Size (none)
  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

See also Websites look wrong or appear differently than they should


If you need to increase (or decrease) the font size on websites then look at the NoSquint or Default FullZoom Level extension.

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There's some improvement by doing what you suggested ... but not much. Also, I now get a message everytime I open Mozilla, to allow Mozilla to "make a change". This is usually accompanied by the need to "re-sign on". Pretty messy.

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IT'S NOW RESOLVED. THANKS.

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You're welcome