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Firexfox 3.6.9 is displaying garbled fonts on some pages

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silkmaze
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I am running Firefox 3.6.9 on a Windows 7 laptop. I have noticed that on some pages, the heading of an article will be completely garbled.

Also on other sites where I have to register/login my input is garbled.

What can I do to make this stop?

I am running Firefox 3.6.9 on a Windows 7 laptop. I have noticed that on some pages, the heading of an article will be completely garbled. Also on other sites where I have to register/login my input is garbled. What can I do to make this stop?

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cor-el
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This issue can be caused by an old bitmap version of the Helvetica or Geneva font or (bitmap) fonts that Firefox can't display in that size. Firefox can't display some old bitmap fonts in a larger size and displays gibberish instead. You can test that by zooming out (View > Zoom > Zoom Out, Ctrl -) to make the text smaller.

Uninstall (remove) all variants of that not working font to make Firefox use another font or see if you can find a True type version that doesn't show the problem.

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silkmaze
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I had a look at my Fonts folder. Geneva wasn't there but Helvetica was, and I deleted the two types I found.


Should I try to find a newer version of Helvetica or Geneva and install them?