Can't deactivate bold font in Safari

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Can't deactivate bold font in Safari

Hi,

The other day, I made a wrong short cut, and on some pages (Word Press blogs and vBulletin boards amongst others), Safari displays me bold text, this is very annoying, I have been looking at every possibility I know to deactivate this, but I have found nothing. I have already checked the prefs and every other menu.

Any clue ?
Thanks,
Angie

Message was edited by: Modernthing

Message was edited by: Modernthing

iMac Intel, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Nov 25, 2010 1:55 PM

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TildeBee

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Nov 25, 2010 2:02 PM in response to Modernthing

Modern --

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
We're not staff, but other Mac users here, asking questions and sharing solutions.

Open up your Font Book application and look for duplicate fonts.
I think somewhere you have two bold versions of the same font, like Helvetica, Arial or Times.

What was the "short cut?" What did you do exactly?
You didn't press Command+Shift=b keys all together did you?

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Modernthing Author

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Nov 25, 2010 2:13 PM in response to TildeBee

hey there,

thank you for taking the time to look at my prob.
I have thought about it, but as this was linked to a keyboard short cut, I do not have the impression this is linked to duplicate fonts, I do not have them in multiple example either.
I have explored every idea I had in stock, I thought perhaps it was like the good ol' Universal Access people turn on with the wrong short cut, but I have tried everything I knew on my keyboard and, nothing.
CMD SHIFTB = no sub-menu bellow the address bar displayed over here, I have already thought about that one, but meh, nothing 😟

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Modernthing Author

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Nov 25, 2010 2:20 PM in response to Modernthing

More news & TS : still checked my fonts, no duplicates whatsoever, it seems to affect the verdana font family and it is the same in Firefox. I will try to reinstall the font and keep you posted !
Cheers,
Angie

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Modernthing Author

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Nov 25, 2010 2:25 PM in response to Modernthing

OK, trouble solved ! Missing Verdana standard was the issue, but just did not got how a short cut made it appear, mmmm

Thanks for the advice about the font book !

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TildeBee

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Nov 25, 2010 5:30 PM in response to Modernthing

Angie --

Very good news!
I'm so glad you're all sorted now.
Excellent sleuthing skills!

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Zimbakin

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Feb 15, 2011 9:32 PM in response to Modernthing

In my case this issue was caused by missing font "ARIAL"
It somehow uninstalled or corrupted while I was working.

Installing font ARIAL regular via font book solved the problem.

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