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Q&A How do I fix Firefox fonts having extra spacing and weird numbers on Ubuntu?

This post solved it for me. This issue is caused by having Noto Color Emoji too high in the font priority. Check /etc/fonts/local.conf for the following item: <match target="pattern"> &lt...

posted 2y ago by Ullallulloo‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Ullallulloo‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Ullallulloo‭ · 2022-05-05T12:38:03Z (over 2 years ago)
  • [This post solved it for me.](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1759667#c12) This issue is caused by having Noto Color Emoji too high in the font priority. Check `/etc/fonts/local.conf` for the following item:
  • ```xml
  • <match target="pattern">
  • <edit name="family" mode="prepend">
  • <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
  • </edit>
  • </match>
  • ```
  • It will likely be at the end. Maybe also check `/etc/fonts/fonts.conf` for it.
  • This loads Noto Color Emoji before every font. Since this font has [images for numbers](https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji/blob/main/svg/emoji_u0030.svg) but not letters, it will replace numbers but let letters be the intended font.
  • Delete those lines and restart Firefox and everything should go back to normal.
  • [This post solved it for me.](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1759667#c12) This issue is caused by having Noto Color Emoji too high in the font priority. Check `/etc/fonts/local.conf` for the following item:
  • ```xml
  • <match target="pattern">
  • <edit name="family" mode="prepend">
  • <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
  • </edit>
  • </match>
  • ```
  • It will likely be at the end. If it's not there, check `/etc/fonts/fonts.conf` or `~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf` for it. [A list of possible locations is available on the man page.](https://manpages.debian.org/testing/fontconfig-config/fonts-conf.5.en.html)
  • This loads Noto Color Emoji before every font. Since this font has [images for numbers](https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji/blob/main/svg/emoji_u0030.svg) but not letters, it will replace numbers but let letters be the intended font.
  • Delete those lines and restart Firefox and everything should go back to normal.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Ullallulloo‭ · 2022-05-05T12:26:11Z (over 2 years ago)
[This post solved it for me.](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1759667#c12) This issue is caused by having Noto Color Emoji too high in the font priority. Check `/etc/fonts/local.conf` for the following item:

```xml
<match target="pattern"> 
	<edit name="family" mode="prepend"> 
	<string>Noto Color Emoji</string> 
	</edit> 
</match> 
```

It will likely be at the end. Maybe also check `/etc/fonts/fonts.conf` for it.

This loads Noto Color Emoji before every font. Since this font has [images for numbers](https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji/blob/main/svg/emoji_u0030.svg) but not letters, it will replace numbers but let letters be the intended font.

Delete those lines and restart Firefox and everything should go back to normal.