Re: IE6 fonts gone wacko on some web sites or...
From: Wes Stebbins (WesGuitar_at_neb.rr.com)
Date: 08/10/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 02:57:26 GMT
Great article - for MS Word fonts - but it's a problem with browsing certain
web sites with IE6 (including www.microsoft.com). Thanks anyway.
"WinGuy" <no_spam@nomail.bot> wrote in message
news:2nNRc.4849$5c5.941@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com...
> Perhaps this link can help you sort out your faulty fonts:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=259319
> (do read it all)
>
> "Wes Stebbins" <WesGuitar@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:5_CRc.79417$vN3.1686@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> > I am working on upgrading a friends computer. He has PhotoShop,
InDesign,
> > etc. I took his computer home to upgrade it, and only took the "box"
(no
> > monitor or other peripherals) to my shop. I noticed while going to
> > Microsoft's Windows Update web site to get latest XP Pro upgrades) that
> the
> > text was practically unreadable, yet other web sites appear to display
> just
> > fine.
> >
> > Could it be that - when my friend installed his Adobe software - he has
a
> > printing company that is virtually all Adobe products - perhaps he
> > installed some default fonts for his software that inadvertently
> > removed/altered the default IE 6 fonts, etc.?
> >
> >
> >
> > What can I do to check this? According to my defaults, etc., on all of
MY
> > other computers that work - I have:
> >
> > in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\General\Fonts"
> >
> > Language script: Latin based
> >
> > Web page font: Times New Roman
> >
> > Plain text font: Courier New
> >
> >
> >
> > Also,
> >
> > in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\Accessibility" everything is unchecked;
> >
> >
> >
> > Also, in "IE6\Tools\Internet Options\Security\Custom Level." I have
"Font
> > Download - Enable" checked.
> >
> >
> >
> > I need to check those fonts, etc. on my friends computer, but what if
> > they're the same? Are could it be something else? (even the
> motherboard?)
> > I've tried it on different monitors, different video cards, etc., and it
> > STILL has the same problem - virtyall undiscpherable text on some
sites -
> in
> > particular the Microsoft site.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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