On 16/11/2013 10:50, Paul wrote:
Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 15/11/2013 15:14, Paul wrote:
Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 12/11/2013 16:47, pjp wrote:

Is it wise to allow this update or should one skip it and stick with
IE10?


I had this upgrade yesterday and allowed it.
The result is that in my default browser FF fonts have been changed to
my dislike. Uninstalling IE11 did not correct this, so now I'm stuck
with different fonts in FF.

Be warned :-(

Fokke

What probably happened...

1) Install IE11.
2) IE11 installer adds a font or two to the system fonts.
3) Uninstall IE11, does not remove the fonts.
4) A Firefox rendered page asks for the fonts in question,
and they are used. Whereas before, some fonts were
substituted to take the place of the named fonts.

Some web pages, they use CSS or cascading style sheet. In
there, is a "font stack", which is a preferred list
of fonts. This is an example.

font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande',
tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;
height:18px;line-height:18px

If the IE11 added "Helvetica Neue" to the computer, the appearance
of the web page in Firefox would change, because Firefox would
no longer be using Arial (fallback font). The list of fonts
in the CSS, goes from best to worst.

I learned a bit about this, while investigating a Safari
browser problem.

I don't know whether checking the date stamps on the
font files, would be enough to find added ones or not.
The fonts added, might have a relatively old date stamp.

Just a guess,
Paul

Hey Paul, you're the man.
It sounds like a good idea to install the original fonts. I found how
to do that on
http://superuser.com/questions/44295...der-to-default


And it worked! I got the proper fonts in FF back!

Many thanks!

Fokke

Now that is neat. I never would have thought of restoring
them from there.

Paul

Neither would I. I was searching for a way to set up a different
location for the fonts folder. I have done so in XP, for reasons of back
up. And then I found this.

Fokke