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Icons on various websites not showing up.

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Mish299
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Early last week, I downloaded a new font and the font settings in my browser were changed automatically to the new font. I went into the Option Page on the browser and reset the default browser font to Arial. However since then, the icons on several webpages do not display. I have attached a couple of screenshots to demonstrate. How can I reset the browser so that the pages display correctly?

Early last week, I downloaded a new font and the font settings in my browser were changed automatically to the new font. I went into the Option Page on the browser and reset the default browser font to Arial. However since then, the icons on several webpages do not display. I have attached a couple of screenshots to demonstrate. How can I reset the browser so that the pages display correctly?
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cor-el
cor-el
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Missing icons are usually supplied by a font that is downloaded from the server (@font-face) as you might see by little boxes that show the hex code of the characters instead.

Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own fonts.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced: [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

You can check the gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled pref on the about:config page and make sure that it is set to true (if necessary double-click the line to toggle its value).

Mish299
Mish299 Umnikazi wombuzo
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Changing the settings as you suggest does indeed restore the icons. Unfortunately, when I allow the pages to choose their own font, it reverts to the new font I downloaded and absolutely despise. Apparently Helvetica sets itself as default font, even over Arial. I needed it for a specific design project, but I guess I'm going to have to remove the font if it screws up my system settings. Thanks for your input.

cor-el
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Maybe look at this extension and only use the document fonts if you really need them.