OS 10.4 - Strange tiny numbers instead of letters in safari

zapcom · zapcom #1 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 04:07 PM

Hi. I have an example shot of my problem here -

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...tar/muddle.jpg

In my safari web browser, in some pages, instead of normal letters there are hundreds of what look like tiny fractions and sometimes there is writing that looks like another language. I don't know what it is? I've been downloading a lot of bit torrents lately, could it be a virus? Thanks to anyone who has an idea of what it is.

Brown Study · Brown Study #2 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 04:40 PM

It isn't a virus. Are you running Safari's 3.0 beta? It uses an installer, so quit Safari and run Disk Utility's permissions repair, just in case.

You could also try the fsck -fy fix here.

torchy · torchy #3 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 04:03 AM

Sometimes caused by a corrupted font.
Font Book > Validate fonts
Resolving duplicates wouldn't hurt either
Best

MaDDoG · MaDDoG #4 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 04:10 AM

Couldn't you guys read that? It said that wikedpedia is having a really cool party and we are all invited. Ok maybe it didn't. I agree with torchy on this. Fonts have corrupted.

JeepGirl915 · JeepGirl915 #5 (**permalink**)

04-07-2008, 02:40 PM

A bit late, I know... just found this forum and I believe I may have a solution for you, as it happened to me as well. I went into font book and disabled the font Helvetica Fractions. Once it was turned off, the problem disappeared!

MaDDoG #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 01, 2007 Location: Oz.....near the Wizards home Posts: 1,917 Mac Specs: iMac 24' 7 Snow Leopard + Parallels and Win 7 \| 30 Gb iPod \| Canon EOS 400D	06-24-2007, 04:10 AM Couldn't you guys read that? It said that wikedpedia is having a really cool party and we are all invited. Ok maybe it didn't. I agree with torchy on this. Fonts have corrupted. "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain." MaDDoG's Photo Gallery - http://mcarfa.smugmug.com/
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zapcom #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 23, 2007 Posts: 1	06-23-2007, 04:07 PM Hi. I have an example shot of my problem here - http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...tar/muddle.jpg In my safari web browser, in some pages, instead of normal letters there are hundreds of what look like tiny fractions and sometimes there is writing that looks like another language. I don't know what it is? I've been downloading a lot of bit torrents lately, could it be a virus? Thanks to anyone who has an idea of what it is.
	QUOTE Thanks

Brown Study #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2004 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,964 Mac Specs: G4 — Tiger and OS 9	06-23-2007, 04:40 PM It isn't a virus. Are you running Safari's 3.0 beta? It uses an installer, so quit Safari and run Disk Utility's permissions repair, just in case. You could also try the fsck -fy fix here.
	QUOTE Thanks

JeepGirl915 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2008 Posts: 1	04-07-2008, 02:40 PM A bit late, I know... just found this forum and I believe I may have a solution for you, as it happened to me as well. I went into font book and disabled the font Helvetica Fractions. Once it was turned off, the problem disappeared!
	QUOTE Thanks

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