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Firefox (actually Iceweasel since I'm on Debian) fails to render some texts properly. It only seems to happen on some sites, for example on Stack Exchange sites everything looks pretty normal. I don't have the same issue when running Firefox on Windows.

This is what it looks like on Firefox:

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For comparison, this is how Chromium renders the same text:

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How can I fix this?

I'm running Iceweasel 44.0 on Debian x64.

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  • For anyone trying to reproduce this: this happened to me on deepin.org/aboutus.html. Not adding this link to the question because the problem occurs on other sites as well. (Also, it won't let me add a third link)
    – secretpow
    Feb 1, 2016 at 22:20
  • Just FYI, you can install actual Firefox on Debian and keep it maintained to the current release by the package manager. There's a Debian-based Mint, and their repository has it. You just add that repository and install it from there.
    – fixer1234
    Feb 1, 2016 at 22:59
  • The Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. webpage in your question looks the same in Firefox as it does in Ieweasel, so installing Firefox instead of Iceweasel wouldn't change the appearance of that webpage.
    – karel
    Feb 1, 2016 at 23:39
  • @karel: OK, it doesn't solve that particular problem (which, granted, was the reason for the question). However, there are plenty of other shortcomings with Iceweasel that can be solved by switching. So I guess my previous comment would just be advice to keep in a back pocket for a rainy day.
    – fixer1234
    Feb 1, 2016 at 23:53
  • I looked at that web page in Firefox (V43.0) in Debian and the text looks fine. There must be some form of rendering issue on your system (and karel's). Hopefully, somebody with some coding background will be able to diagnose the problem.
    – fixer1234
    Feb 2, 2016 at 0:10

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See reply #7 here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-kde4-meta/+bug/1196954/comments/7

Basically rm ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

This worked for me.

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