536068 - displays over-printed text so that it is not readable

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[JD]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6) Gecko/20091216 Fedora/3.5.6-1.fc12 Firefox/3.5.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6) Gecko/20091216 Fedora/3.5.6-1.fc12 Firefox/3.5.6

I have visited many sites with Firefox, and have often come to web pages that display the text overprinted over other text, even with images overlapping other images. But when I visit same pages with internet explorer, they display without the overlap. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit http://www.rubbercal.com/Pure_Gum.html
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Actual Results:  
over-printed unreadable text

Expected Results:  
I have to think real hard what to say here :) Maybe in a few years ...

If I come across similar pages, I will add them as comments to this bug.

Comment 1

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

I am not seeing any overlapping text. Can you do the following?

1) Try safe mode and see if the issue still occurs -> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
2) Try a new, empty profile? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles?s=profile
3) Attach a screenshot of what you are seeing with arrow/highlight of area with overlap (unless obvious from screen shot)

Comment 2

[JD]

Well, I did try a new profile and you are correct - I see no text overlap.
So, the question is how do I fix the problem?
I do not want to lose my browsing history, because I find it extremely convenient.
Also, I do not want to lose all my addons (i.e. I do not want to have to 
re-install them).
Is there something I need to remove or edit that will fix this text overlap problem?

Comment 3

[u285178]

I had the same problem with overlapping text on this web page. I found it was my minimum font size setting that was causing the problem.

Comment 4

[JD]

That was it!!!
I set minimum font size to 10 and the overlap went away.
Thanx!!!