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Odd Font Problem with iMac...Mozilla/Safari-related

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tayloraj05

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Hello all! I just stumbled upon your forum via Google (shocker, I know). I'm here because, well, I didn't have anywhere else to go and have finally faced the facts that I have no idea how to fix my problem.

The problem I'm having, and the reason I am here, is a font-related issue. When I load Firefox (or Safari, for that matter), the fonts on some pages are...well, clunky and goofy. It's not on every page, but on most. For instance:

http://a.yfrog.com/img62/9003/picture2cm.png

I've tried checking the Preferences in both programs to make sure that I hadn't accidentally set a certain font to default...no luck.

It wasn't always like this and, as far as I can tell, it can't be too difficult of a fix. I'm just not sure where to begin.

Any ideas?
 
Perhaps you have a corrupted font. Are there any log messages?

To check for problems with installed fonts using the Console application:
Open Console, located in /Applications/Utilities.
In the Console window, type “font” or a font name (such as “Arial”) in the Filter field.
Console displays a detailed list of font-related log messages. These messages might contain information about corrupt or missing fonts, for example. Although the messages may be too technical for some users to understand, they can provide valuable information to a support technician assisting you with a problem.​
 
tayloraj05 said:
Hello all! I just stumbled upon your forum via Google (shocker, I know). I'm here because, well, I didn't have anywhere else to go and have finally faced the facts that I have no idea how to fix my problem.

The problem I'm having, and the reason I am here, is a font-related issue. When I load Firefox (or Safari, for that matter), the fonts on some pages are...well, clunky and goofy. It's not on every page, but on most. For instance:

http://a.yfrog.com/img62/9003/picture2cm.png

I've tried checking the Preferences in both programs to make sure that I hadn't accidentally set a certain font to default...no luck.

It wasn't always like this and, as far as I can tell, it can't be too difficult of a fix. I'm just not sure where to begin.

Any ideas?
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I suppose you've checked the default fonts preferences (type and encoding) in:

Safari>Preferences>Appearance
Firefox>Preferences>Content

Mine are set to:

Safari:
Standard font: Times 16
Fixed-width font: Helvetica 13
Default encoding: Western (ISO Latin 1)

Firefox: Optima 13
in Advanced:
Fonts for Western....
Serif, Optima, Verdana, Arial.
Default Character Encoding: Western (ISO-8859-15)

Don't know if that info helps....
 
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