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I'm getting overlapping text on some pages when surfing the web. It makes it hard to read. How do i stop this from happening.

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TreborPine
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On some pages, while i'm surfing I get an overlapping text that makes the page unreadable. It also disables the ability to go to new pages.

On some pages, while i'm surfing I get an overlapping text that makes the page unreadable. It also disables the ability to go to new pages.

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cor-el
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If you have increased the minimum font size then try the default setting "none" as a high value can cause issues like you described.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Minimum Font Size (none)
  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

Reset the page zoom on pages that cause problems: View > Zoom > Reset (Ctrl+0 (zero); Cmd+0 on Mac)

You can use one of these extensions to set a default font size and page zoom on web pages: