Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox

tkrojam · 30 Mar 2022

Hi all, does anyone know why the characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox?

Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox-001.jpg

This is what the page supposed to be:

Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox-002.jpg

Callender · 30 Mar 2022

Could be font settings if you've changed them.

Example:

Default:

Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox-font.png

Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox-font-2.png

User defined:

Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox-font-3.png

Or else disable hardware acceleration and test.

Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox-settings-mozilla-firefox.png

Callender · 30 Mar 2022

So i change font settings. Here is what I see for Google translate with user defined font set.

Characters cannot be shown properly in Firefox-google-translate-mozilla-firefox.png

bratkinson · 30 Mar 2022

I've been a Firefox user for maybe 10 years and get the same 'overwritten' text on many screens.

The reason is the 'font size' adjustment which I have set at 120%. It also causes text to be truncated on some screens. So, whenever I want to see things without the overwritten or truncated text, I simply change it back to 100% and everything is happy.

Once I discovered that I was changing to 100% about once per week, (and then back to 120% after viewing that site) I decided to put it on the toolbar. That's where it is. It shows as a minus sign, percentage, and plus sign. To access it: <right click> on the Firefox toolbar, and select 'customize toolbar' from the dropdown. Then simply drag the - nnn% + symbol up to the toolbar, if that's where you'd like it and change it to whatever you'd like it to be. I like the larger font sizes (for text 'as text', not as part of an image like a jpg), so mine is set at 120%.

Callender · 30 Mar 2022

@bratkinson

Nice tip but it doesn't work if user defines custom font sizes.

LTSnow · 30 Mar 2022

bratkinson said:

I've been a Firefox user for maybe 10 years and get the same 'overwritten' text on many screens.

The reason is the 'font size' adjustment which I have set at 120%. It also causes text to be truncated on some screens. So, whenever I want to see things without the overwritten or truncated text, I simply change it back to 100% and everything is happy.

Once I discovered that I was changing to 100% about once per week, (and then back to 120% after viewing that site) I decided to put it on the toolbar. That's where it is. It shows as a minus sign, percentage, and plus sign. To access it: <right click> on the Firefox toolbar, and select 'customize toolbar' from the dropdown. Then simply drag the - nnn% + symbol up to the toolbar, if that's where you'd like it and change it to whatever you'd like it to be. I like the larger font sizes (for text 'as text', not as part of an image like a jpg), so mine is set at 120%.

I do the same thing and here is a little tip if you want the zoom levels more granular:
Go to toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues in about:config and set the levels to whatever you want. I use these:
.3,.5,.67,.8,.9,1,1.05,1.1,1.15,1.2,1.25,1.3,1.4,1.5,2,2.5 That way I can step up in .05 increments instead of .10 increments. I find this very useful if for example 110% is just a little too much and 105% is perfect.

Try3 · 30 Mar 2022

LTSnow said:

I do the same thing and here is a little tip if you want the zoom levels more granular:
Go to toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues in about:config and set the levels to whatever you want.

Thanks for that. I've adjusted mine - I reduced the steps available to
.25,.5,.67,1,1.5,2,2.5
because I never use intermediate levels.
[The .25 does work on the few test pages I've tried it on so I might drop that one]

All the best,
Denis