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My browser displays odd looking characters


Vegemighty

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I'm using firefox, and for some reason, some characters don't look right. 直 for example has a line on the left 苹果 has the two strokes pointing out in it. I'm not sure if you're able to see those differences on your browser, but I can.

Has anyone had this happen to them? And how can I fix it?

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It's a font issue. Often the same character can different appearance based on a standard (simplified, traditional, Japanese...) Some fonts have several of these per character and will let the application choose the correct one, but this does not always work.

Installing some more fonts and playing with the font settings should resolve it.

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Or you could just learn to recognize them. The same thing happens in books, newspapers, etc. There are variations in printed Chinese just like there are in the Latin alphabet, and learning to recognize them is a basic part of learning to read.

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