some websites display text with menlo font instead of default font
On some websites the text displays with Menlo font instead of the default fonts I have set in Firefox. I have checked the about:config file and nowhere do I see menlo anywhere. I had the same problem with Thubnderbird but was able to fix that. How do I do the same with firefox? This is only happening with Firefox, same sites look fine in chrome, opera, safari. I recently upgraded both apps (thunderbird and firefox) and this is when the problem started. I am using Mac OSX 10.6.8. Let me know how to change this. Please note I have already done the following: page style>set to default preferences>content>fonts and color>advanced: western encoding - no menlo font there.... thanks
Svi odgovori (6)
You can do a check for corrupted fonts and other font issues:
- http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/garbled_fonts_troubleshooting_guide.html - CreativeTechs Tips: Garbled Fonts Troubleshooting Guide
- http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/multipleappsquit.html - Font Book 2.0 Help: Checking for damaged fonts
Sorry but this is not helping. The issue is NOT with garbled or corrupted fonts. It is a firefox-driven problem, I am attaching an example of a website that displays wrong with firefox, and right with Safari. I had the exact same issue with amother Mozilla app (thunderbird) and was able to resolve it going into the config editor. Haven't been able to do the same with Firefox. This problem started two days ago when I upgraded to 6.0. Somewhere in the config there must be a setting that tells Firefox to default to this ugly unreadable font and I want to know where's the setting and how to change it. I have NOT changed anything to any of my fonts or system settings. If there is no fix then I would like to know just the same... right now viewing pages on firefox feel like deciphering. Thanks for any help you can provide.
You can still do that font check to be sure that that isn't the cause of the problem.
We see a lot of such issues on Mac reported that are caused by the presence of duplicate fonts and other font problems.
Done the font check, no duplicates, all fonts validated. Restarted Mac, restarted firefox. Still not fixed. Again, while I understand the need to rule out issues not related to firefox, this has happened right after I upgraded to 6.0. Same with thunderbird that I upgraded the same day and was displaying my emails with the exact same font as shown on the samples I sent. I was able to fix that problem, so that means it is not an issue with fonts or my system. It is with firefox exclusively. And it looks like there's no fix :( If you think of something else let me know, thanks!
Which font do you get if you (temporarily) remove that Menlo font?
How did you fix it in Thunderbird ?
I didn't remove any font. In thunderbird, I went to preferences>advanced>config editor, did a filter search for menlo and changed the string for fontname-list options that had monaco, menlo to monaco only. And that did it :)