why did IE change font on me??

[FlamesKickAss]

I came online the other day and its a different font than I always had. I have no idea what happened

[Draug]

Are you sure it isnt just google?

Same thing happened to me - loaded up Google and it was a different font. I thought the wife had downloaded some toolbar or something, but I cant find it.

I think Google just changed the font in the search text box. The rest of my IE is still the same font.

[FlamesKickAss]

no its the entire webpage. But I just figured it out I think. will try when I get home. And see if it did actually change the font

[Madman]

Oooooh, hopefully it Comic Sans - that's my favorite!

[FlamesKickAss]

haha that'd be fun to read a long post in!

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Draug

Are you sure it isnt just google?

Same thing happened to me - loaded up Google and it was a different font. I thought the wife had downloaded some toolbar or something, but I cant find it.

I think Google just changed the font in the search text box. The rest of my IE is still the same font.

That is the only difference I notice. And I don't think it is even the font? Just the size is larger?

[zamler]

You might have corrupt fonts or corrupt font settings. One way to fix this is to copy all fonts to a temp folder, then re-install them, overwriting the existing. This fixes corrupt settings. If that fails, then the actual font files may be corrupt and have to be restored from a backup.

Another possibility is you installed a "questionable" program or game. Some of these installers are known to cause font problems.

[Barnes]

There are several fixes for this problem.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html

http://www.google.com/chrome

http://www.apple.com/safari/

This one will fix the problem but you may be branded as a weirdo or European.
http://www.opera.com/

[ken0042]

Is it the font of the size? What version of IE? What does the zoom setting in the lower right hand corner of IE say?

What happens when you go into <View><Text Size>?

[FlamesKickAss]

actually after looking its not just IE but also my desktop, maybe its just my eyes.

It just looks blurrier

[Bobblehead]

Perhaps something turned off Cleartype?

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/step1.aspx

[FlamesKickAss]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Perhaps something turned off Cleartype?

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/step1.aspx

i will try that when I get home. I cant access CP from home since the server switch. so have emailed link