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Google Search garbled on Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 702 / 3 Years ago, thu, may 27, 2021, 12:05:59

I recently updated Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04. I also installed some fonts on Ubuntu after that.

After this, the google search on firefox looks like this:

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I've tried explicitely going to google.com and then searching, still same problem occurs.

Yahoo and other search engines work fine though.

After searching web, I tried using following things, but none work:

Change language of firefox.

Change font of firefox.

Reinstall firefox from ubuntu center.

sudo rm -rf ~/.mozilla (to completely reset firefox)

Remove firefox, perform step 4, install firefox from ubuntu center.

But none seems to work. Can anyone suggest a solution?

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answered 3 Years ago erranbe · Accepted Answer

I'm assuming the problem is caused by either an unsupported font or unsupported language.

Click Edit->Preferences->Content

You should get this:

ff1

Choose default font serif. If this doesn't resolve the issue after restarting firefox, you may also wish to check languages by clicking the Choose Button highlighted above and changing to English for testing purposes

This action will result in this:

ff2

When visiting google.in I also noticed the page is available in a number of languages which you can choose by clicking on a link on that page. It's possible you have a mismatch between the language chosen on that page and the language chosen in firefox.