Web pages not displaying properly

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Web pages not displaying properly

Hi. 2 weeks ago I bought my first iMac, after previously always using a PC. It takes a little getting used to, and I am still using the PC until I become fully accustomed to the iMac.
But I have a problem with the safari web browser, where some pages are not displaying properly. To be precise, on some web pages, I have some lines overlapping each other, so that the font of one line is on top of the next line. To be honest I don't think it is a browser problem, because if I view the same page on my PC using Safari, it displays OK. I haven't tried a different web browser, and don't really want to. My screen resolution is set as 1920 x 1080, it was already set at this, but I have tried other sizes. I have also tried un ticking the box "Never use font sizes smaller than" in the advanced preferences.
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks

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Posted on May 13, 2010 12:01 PM

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Answer 1

May 13, 2010 1:09 PM in response to the2ems

Hi and welcome to Apple Discussions,

From the Safari Menu Bar click Safari/Preferences then select the Appearance tab.

Click the pop up menu at the bottom of that pane where you see "Default encoding"

Select: Western (ISO Latin 1)

Relaunch Safari.

See if that helps. If not, reply and we'll keep trying.

If you have installed any 3rd party fonts, that could be causing the glitch. Try logging in to another user account, launch Safari and see if the problem persists there.

Carolyn 🙂

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the2ems Author

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May 13, 2010 2:10 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Western (ISO Latin 1) is already selected.

The only thing I have installed is Office: Mac 2008 Home & Student Edition. I don't know if that would install fonts.

There is only one user account, myself.

Thanks

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Answer 3

May 13, 2010 2:17 PM in response to the2ems

Ok... could be the Office 2008 causing a font issue.

Go here and read the advice by Kurt Lang. He knows fonts!

http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/bad_font.html

🙂

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TildeBee

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May 13, 2010 3:04 PM in response to the2ems

the2ems --
Carolyn's on the right track.
Open up your Font Book application, located in your main Applications folder.
Double click on Font Book, and then select "All Fonts" in the top of the pane.
If you're on Snow Leopard, you will get obviously alerts for duplicate or corrupted fonts.
And the application will make it easy to address them.

If you on an older OS, the duplicates will have tiny dots next to the name of the font.
Select the font, go up to "Edit" and then choose "Resolve Duplicates."

Adding on any app or peripheral will also add fonts, and some duplication is to be expected.

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the2ems Author

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May 14, 2010 12:01 AM in response to TildeBee

Hi again, and thanks for the replies.
I have now accessed the fonts book folder and found about 12 duplicated fonts. These were highlighted with little yellow triangles. For each one I selected then went to "edit" "resolve duplicates" and the triangle disappeared. So I presume the duplications are fixed. Unfortunately this has not solved the problem.

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the2ems Author

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May 14, 2010 1:37 AM in response to the2ems

Hi. I have just fixed the problem.
In Safari "Preferences" "Appearance" I had the "Standard font" set at 24. Reducing it to 20 solves the problem.

But now I need to wear my spectacles ;o)

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Answer 7

May 14, 2010 2:41 AM in response to the2ems

Glad you found a remedy.

🙂

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TildeBee

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May 14, 2010 8:00 AM in response to the2ems

The2 --
I +have also tried un ticking the box "Never use font sizes smaller than" in the advanced preferences.+

Go back to that box, and change the size of "never smaller" up to 12 or 14.
See if that helps your font size reading difficulty.

Message was edited by: ~Bee

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the2ems Author

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May 14, 2010 8:24 AM in response to TildeBee

Hi Bee, I did have that set at 14, but un-ticked it before I reduced the other setting from 24, so not sure if it would have any effect. I am away from my machine now for the weekend, but will check when I return. :o)

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TildeBee

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May 14, 2010 8:42 AM in response to the2ems

That other setting has really very little to do with what you're seeing, I believe.
The other box would be a more reliable way to adjust what you're seeing.
So maybe that one should be 16? Yes, do play around with it, and let us know.
Put the other one back to the default first, which I think is 16.
Cheers!

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the2ems Author

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May 14, 2010 10:58 AM in response to TildeBee

I think 16 is OK for a MacBook, which I am using now at my daughters house. But on my 20.5inch iMac it would be far too small at the current screen resolution. Even at 20 it is quite small. Maybe I will mess around a little when I get chance.

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