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my web pages text is blurry some letters are faint how can I fix this

inkspotsintime
inkspotsintime
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the text on my web pages has some faint letters in the words and others there is only half the letter appearing. 

I have tried view, zoom, reset. helps on some but not on the rest of page.
I have reloaded firefox to no avail. 
I have cleared all settings back to default

... still the same problem.. this is very frustrating, 

thinking of changing back to internet explorer. 
help....
the text on my web pages has some faint letters in the words and others there is only half the letter appearing. I have tried view, zoom, reset. helps on some but not on the rest of page. I have reloaded firefox to no avail. I have cleared all settings back to default ... still the same problem.. this is very frustrating, thinking of changing back to internet explorer. help....

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A couple of things.

First, do you have ClearType turned off at the system level? Firefox doesn't have it's own version of ClearType built in, unlike IE which will apply ClearType even if you turn it off at the system level.

Second, Firefox sometimes displays ugly fonts if it is incompatible with your graphics card drivers. The workaround is to disable Firefox's use of hardware acceleration. Here's how:

orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced

On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"

This takes effect after you exit and restart Firefox.

Any difference?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Chosen Solution

A couple of things.

First, do you have ClearType turned off at the system level? Firefox doesn't have it's own version of ClearType built in, unlike IE which will apply ClearType even if you turn it off at the system level.

Second, Firefox sometimes displays ugly fonts if it is incompatible with your graphics card drivers. The workaround is to disable Firefox's use of hardware acceleration. Here's how:

orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced

On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"

This takes effect after you exit and restart Firefox.

Any difference?

inkspotsintime
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Hi sorry think I replied in wrong place , just wanted to thank you for helping me. I unchecked the box and its seems to have improved. I will now go into control panel and check on whether I have cleartype turned on , thats if I can find it.. thank you once again , hope you have a lovely day