Windows – Weird font displayed on websites

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I am running Windows 7 on a Dell XPS M1640

I have downloaded and installed a lot of fonts recently and I think this is were my problem began. I started to notice that some (not all) websites would display some of its text (links, tabs, titles, paragraphs) in a very weird font that does not fit the normal san-serif fonts that most websites use. This was happening to me on iTunes as well on the iTunes store for song titles, album, and artist names. I recently updated to the most recent version of iTunes and i no longer have the problem there. I have tried the same websites I have problems with in IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari and they all display the same weird font. I've tried identifying the font on font identifying sites with no help there.

Here is some examples of the font on sites I've seen it:enter image description here

The Example to the bottom left is a closeup of the font if that helps.

I just want my computer to display font originally like it did before i downloaded so many fonts.

Let me know if anything else needs explained, thanks!

Best Answer

If the first w7 install was on a hd screen, it's possible that the rendering of bitmap fonts is corrupted. Try to find in your key register all instances of fonts keys ending in .fon (such as COURF.FON or SERRIFF.FON)in the following location

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

and replace the last F in the body by a E:

SERRIFF.FON-->SERRIFE.FON COURF.FON-->COURE.FON

or you can download the corresponding Mr FIXit from MS http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9818337

Doing this tells your machine to go back using a version of these fonts readable at lower dpi.

If you want all the petty details read this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2396756

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