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why firefox can't display certain Arabian Sites? The letters look like codes

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Firefox can't display characters of Arabic text and it looks like weird symbols, I am wondering what's the solution for that.

Firefox can't display characters of Arabic text and it looks like weird symbols, I am wondering what's the solution for that.

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cor-el
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Update to Firefox 4.0.1 in case that problem is fixed in that version.

Try to toggle some of the Boolean gfx prefs on the about:config page to enable or disable some features. Filter: gfx 

gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.use_gdi_table_loading /questions/782325
gfx.font_rendering.harfbuzz.level (2) >1