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Text/Font Display Issue

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anavus
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I just installed Firefox today (10.0.2) on a Windows 7 x64 system, and all the text looks terrible in the browser. I adjusted the Windows ClearType settings and updated my graphics driver, neither of which fixed the issue.

This same issue does not occur in other browsers. For example, I have taken a quick screenshot of Firefox (in the middle) side by side with Chrome and IE9 (http://i.imgur.com/9Op9B.jpg). Even though this is just a JPEG image, you can still see the difference in the text quality.

Thanks for the help!

I just installed Firefox today (10.0.2) on a Windows 7 x64 system, and all the text looks terrible in the browser. I adjusted the Windows ClearType settings and updated my graphics driver, neither of which fixed the issue. This same issue does not occur in other browsers. For example, I have taken a quick screenshot of Firefox (in the middle) side by side with Chrome and IE9 ([http://i.imgur.com/9Op9B.jpg]). Even though this is just a JPEG image, you can still see the difference in the text quality. Thanks for the help!

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Try to disable hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
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Matt_G
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Hi anavus,

Have you looked at the Websites look wrong or appear differently than they should Knowledge Base article? There is a lot of useful troubleshooting information that has been compiled there.

Hopefully that will help!

anavus
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Thanks for the reply. I went through the "Websites look wrong" article, and nothing in there seems to address the issue. Any other ideas?

cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Try to disable hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
anavus
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Thanks a bunch! That worked. It's strange that hardware acceleration would cause an issue like that. I have a powerful GPU and the latest driver.

Anyway, thanks again.