Fonts totally messed up on some sites க்கான சமீபத்திய பதில்கள்https://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/8679192011-09-30T02:48:46-07:00There may still be another font that Firefox is using instead, otherwise you would see the hex code 2011-09-30T02:48:46-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-254093<p>There may still be another font that Firefox is using instead, otherwise you would see the hex code in a little square box.
</p>cor-el: I removed that font -- now there's just blank spaces where it was! As there's no problem wit2011-09-30T02:33:13-07:00janeisgreenhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-254079<p>cor-el: I removed that font -- now there's just blank spaces where it was! As there's no problem with Safari, I wish the good folks at Firefox would simply fix whatever's wrong! There are many of us experiencing the problem, not only me. Thanks for trying to help!
</p>Try to remove the symbol font that is displayed in your case to stop Firefox from using it.
2011-09-30T02:10:59-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-254052<p>Try to remove the symbol font that is displayed in your case to stop Firefox from using it.
</p>Yes I did; that's how I discovered that almost all fonts show the messed up way. With Safari (which 2011-09-29T22:00:12-07:00janeisgreenhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-253912<p>Yes I did; that's how I discovered that almost all fonts show the messed up way. With Safari (which I'm using now) they're all fine.
</p>Did you try the font test to see which font(s) are causing problems?
http://browserspy.dk/fonts-fla2011-09-29T18:14:49-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-253805<p>Did you try the font test to see which font(s) are causing problems?
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<ul><li><a href="http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1" rel="nofollow">http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1</a>
</li></ul>I just came back here after installing Firefox 7.0. I decided to try this test -- lo & behold, t2011-09-29T01:18:49-07:00janeisgreenhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-253320<p>I just came back here after installing Firefox 7.0. I decided to try this test -- lo &amp; behold, the vast majority of my fonts render in the same mess that I originally posted. I have no idea what to do about it. No problems on Safari.
</p>Just updated to Firefox 7.0...problem remains. :(
Guess I'll just keep using Safari.
2011-09-29T01:10:20-07:00janeisgreenhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-253316<p>Just updated to Firefox 7.0...problem remains.&nbsp;:(
Guess I'll just keep using Safari.
</p>Hey! You must know that Firefox 5.0.1 is an insecure version of FF and no longer supported by Mozill2011-09-15T18:27:32-07:00CseChttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-246946<p>Hey! You must know that Firefox 5.0.1 is an insecure version of FF and no longer supported by Mozilla. If you're really determined to downgrade, the right version is 3.6.22. It's still supported.
</p>After none of the recommendations here worked, I simply downgraded to Firefox 5.01. I'm much happier2011-09-13T02:51:45-07:00Outtacontexthttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-245595<p>After none of the recommendations here worked, I simply downgraded to Firefox 5.01. I'm much happier now.&nbsp;;-)
</p>It is really a problem with one of the fonts.
You can try to test the fonts here:
http://browsersp2011-09-06T13:11:12-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-242284<p>It is really a problem with one of the fonts.
</p><p>You can try to test the fonts here:
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<ul><li> <a href="http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1" rel="nofollow">http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1</a> Fonts Information - Detected via Flash
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<p>The site that you posted uses Times New Roman (Times New Roman, Times, serif) and Arial (Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif) as the default.
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<ul><li><a href="https://www.richters.com/Web_store/display.cgi?page=./Html/delivery_details_form.html&amp;cart_id=9793472.17465" rel="nofollow">https://www.richters.com/Web_store/display.cgi?page=./Html/delivery_details_form.html&amp;cart_id=9793472.17465</a>
</li></ul>Decided to make this one final try. Changing grx.downloadable_fonts.sanitize to false did nothing. I2011-09-06T08:41:45-07:00janeisgreenhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=3#answer-242188<p>Decided to make this one final try. Changing grx.downloadable_fonts.sanitize to false did nothing. I'm sticking with Safari until Firefox issues a fix.
Thanks again for all your help. Over &amp; out!
Jane
</p>Oh, in that topic (mine) someone came up with a Persian solution. So I translated it to English (And2011-09-06T06:39:27-07:00CseChttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-242144<p>Oh, in that topic (mine) someone came up with a Persian solution. So I translated it to English (And I couldn't choose my own answer as a solution, that's why. Don't blame me!). You can see the translated solution there... (Why not suggesting the translated post? <a href="https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/863157?page=2#answer-237965" rel="nofollow">Here it is.</a> )
</p><p><strong>dmcritchie</strong> is right. It is to change the value of <strong>gfx.downloadable_fonts.sanitize</strong> to <strong>false</strong>.
</p>@ Outtacontext
Try setting this one to non default value --
gfx.downloadable_fonts.sanitize to fals2011-09-06T05:42:16-07:00dmcritchiehttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-242118<p>@ Outtacontext
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<dl><dd>Try setting this one to non default value --
</dd><dd><strong>gfx.downloadable_fonts.sanitize</strong> to <strong>false</strong>
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<p>That might be what that solved question was saying, can't figure out way something marked as solved has the only showing of Persian characters in the replies.
</p><p>After making the change, restart Firefox with "Ctrl+Shift+R" if you installed the "<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/restartless-restart/" rel="nofollow">Restartless Restart</a> " extension. You won't even have to take Firefox down to install that extension.
</p>I looked at my about:config file and all the appropriate settings are set to "default." So that didn2011-09-05T23:41:40-07:00Outtacontexthttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-241983<p>I looked at my about:config file and all the appropriate settings are set to "default." So that didn't help.&nbsp;:-(
</p>You might see if the solution in the following solves your problem, I guess there are only two setti2011-09-05T13:02:51-07:00dmcritchiehttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-241787<p>You might see if the solution in the following solves your problem, I guess there are only two settings for that variable true or false, but I don't understand it. I think the purpose is to eliminate or reduce fonts so that Firefox comes up faster but that is just a guess based on large number of fonts is something that does slow down startup.
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<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/863157?page=2#answer-237917" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/863157?page=2#answer-237917</a>
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<p>@ Pywakket and janeisgreen (Owner)
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<dl><dd>The example web page was not visible in the original question which did include "Below is only one example." and there was no example in that original question. That is why I asked if a picture was intended to be included. The statement "some sites can't be read at all" that Pywakket seems to think covers the problem is not adequate for people to work with.
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<p>I asked a friend on a dual boot Mac to check this question on OS X and on Windows 7 same results. But he told me the HTML was bad on the page and that led me to the "More system details..." which is where that example link was hidden from view, so technically it is part of the original question but not a visible part.
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<p>I bookmarked the page in Cor-els reply for viewing installed fonts, but your problem is probably that other fonts are being substituted if the asked for font is not available.
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<p>You might try this bring up <strong>about:config</strong> from the Location Bar
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<dl><dd>filter: fonts
</dd><dd>just look at the variables that contain <strong>fonts</strong> in their name and ignore those beginning with "extensions." or "print." reset anything else to default after making a note of what you change. Then use File &gt; Exit to close Firefox properly, Then restart Firefox.
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<p>If it works tell us what you changed to fix your problem.
</p>Agreed, ralphglennobrie!
2011-09-04T22:07:10-07:00janeisgreenhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-241449<p>Agreed, ralphglennobrie!
</p>I've had this same awful font substitution problem on my MacBook Pro running 10.6.8 with FF 6.0. Man2011-09-04T21:51:23-07:00ralphglennobrienhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-241448<p>I've had this same awful font substitution problem on my MacBook Pro running 10.6.8 with FF 6.0. Many bad URLs and not the whole page on a given URL will have the problem. I've even had crazy font substitutions re-reading a thread of gmails, where one message that I sent on some day showed up fine and another message that I sent the same day from the day computer showed up garbled by a strange font substitution.
</p><p>If I copy the unreadable text and put it into BBedit, it's fine, so I know it's just a font substitution issue. It happens in no other applications on this Mac, including Safari and Chrome, so I've switched everything to Chrome and am doing fine. I wanted to support the Mozilla mission, but I've wasted too much time.
</p>I'm having same problem - but only with firefox and only certain sites - not musical notes though mo2011-09-04T20:59:11-07:00tricia2525https://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-241437<p>I'm having same problem - but only with firefox and only certain sites - not musical notes though more of a mad rock'n roll script but totally illegible.
</p>You can try a font test to see if you can identify the font that is causing the problem.
http://br2011-09-04T10:23:09-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-241182<p>You can try a font test to see if you can identify the font that is causing the problem.
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<ul><li> <a href="http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1" rel="nofollow">http://browserspy.dk/fonts-flash.php?detail=1</a> Fonts Information - Detected via Flash
</li></ul>Thanks again, finitarry, but I don't have any more time to mess around with this. I'll just stick wi2011-09-04T07:56:43-07:00janeisgreenhttps://support.mozilla.org/ta/questions/867919?page=2#answer-241142<p>Thanks again, finitarry, but I don't have any more time to mess around with this. I'll just stick with Safari until Firefox fixes this.
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