Posted: 2/12/2015 9:44:36 AM EDT
I use Firefox as my browser and somehow my kids have jacked up the font. I can't find a way to fix it. When I open up a page on Internet Explorer it appears fine so I know it's a setting or something on firefox. It's very hard to read small text like what I'm typing right now. I have include two pics, the top one is from Explorer and looks like Firefoox used to, the lower one is using Firefox, noticed how there are small "dots" above the letters. When the text is smaller, the letters run together and the leter e 's have no center line. It appears that the text is "skinnier". Anyone know how to fix this? I uninstalled firefox and reinstalled it and it kept all my bookmarks and settings so that didnt help. I will continue to research but all advice is welcome!
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Well if it is a font change (the screenshots look very subtly different btw) then saving your settings would have kept the change. You could export your bookmarks, uninstall/reinstall and see if that fixes it. The settings for altering the fonts directly can be found here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-fonts-and-colors-websites-use ETA: I would try Larry's first  |
Maybe this pictures don't show the difference as much as it is on my screen but it really is distracting, especially on certain pages. When I'm typing this response right now it's very hard to read. Here is another comparison. Top pic is the messed up one and the bottom is from IE. My wife thinks it fun to let the 23 month old play with the keyboard and now she's mad this is messed up...go figure!!
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Try holding shift and then pushing f5. Forces a reload of the page. By the way those screen grabs you posted look normal to me. Ctrl + F5 is a hard refresh not shift.....I doubt that's the problem. The web-page defines the font or font family they want to display, not the browser. However, if the browser doesn't support the font the page has defined, it will show another font within the family or a default font...so...I have no idea what's wrong with your firefox. I haven't used that browser in years. Download chrome and see how it looks. |
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Try this:
Start Firefox in safe mode, hold down the Shift key while double-clicking the Firefox icon. See if that changes anything. I would also try a full reset: Reset Firefox - This will reset Firefox to a default state by creating a new profile, migrating only essential data (bookmarks, browsing history, passwords, cookies, and form-fill data) and then moving all of the old Firefox data to a folder on the desktop. Warning! This change cannot be reversed without manually transferring the old Firefox data back to the new profile.
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UPDATE!! I asked on the Firefox Support forum and it was a Microsoft update that they are aware of and are trying to fix. They gave me the update code and I uninstalled it and now I can read what I'm writing right now!! Thank to all of you for your advice!
In case anyone starts having this issue, the update is 3013455. |
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Quoted: UPDATE!! I asked on the Firefox Support forum and it was a Microsoft update that they are aware of and are trying to fix. They gave me the update code and I uninstalled it and now I can read what I'm writing right now!! Thank to all of you for your advice! In case anyone starts having this issue, the update is 3013455. |