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SanskritFritz

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[Solved] Firefox misses graphic symbols on certain pages

Since the last few versions of Firefox there is a strange graphical glitch, see those screenshots, one is Firefox (with a new, empty profile), the other is Chromium for reference:
http://sta.sh/0sir3t1p0zs
http://sta.sh/01t0m9tyl8rv
Same problem occurs with Github as well. I suspect those missing symbols come from a font maybe? I've tried to set different fonts in Firefox, but nothing helped.
Please help me identifying the cause for this glitch.

Last edited by SanskritFritz (2014-11-09 18:01:43)

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Re: [Solved] Firefox misses graphic symbols on certain pages

It's not the fonts, but NoScript blocking js .

Instruct NoScript to allow javascript for littlegolem.net and the icons become visible.

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SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

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Re: [Solved] Firefox misses graphic symbols on certain pages

It's not the fonts, but NoScript blocking js .
Instruct NoScript to allow javascript for littlegolem.net and the icons become visible.

I do have scripts allowed for littlegolem in my normal profile, but nevertheless I experimented with it in the test profile I created for the screenshot. Allowing scripts helped in the test profile, but doesn't help in my normal profile, which of course has numerous other extensions installed. Thanks for the heads-up, I will experiment now in my normal profile. When I find a solution I'll mark this thread as solved.

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SanskritFritz

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Re: [Solved] Firefox misses graphic symbols on certain pages

So after much experimenting I found the solution: in the Preferences / Content / Advanced dialog I had "Allow pages to choose their own fonts" unchecked. Allowing it fixed the problem.

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