Weird blocks of text?

[Ultimazone]

Okay, so my computer has been displaying a bunch of random squares on things like youtube comments and I don't think they are supposed to be there. Is my computer just glitching out, or is there some kind of symbol or something that isn't showing up? I took a picture of it just in case you needed to see.



And as you see, EVERY comment has a block in it. Can anyone help?

I use Windows XP, by the way.

[Twiggy]

Originally Posted by Ultimazone

Okay, so my computer has been displaying a bunch of random squares on things like youtube comments and I don't think they are supposed to be there. Is my computer just glitching out, or is there some kind of symbol or something that isn't showing up? I took a picture of it just in case you needed to see.

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And as you see, EVERY comment has a block in it. Can anyone help?

I use Windows XP, by the way.

Encoding, missing font data, try using a different browser... and setting the encoding to auto-detection wherever possible. That said, it shouldn't happen spontaneously... What browser?

(These blocks appear when a character does not have a representation within the specified font and all fallback fonts)

[The Spirit of Time]

I have seen these blocks in twitter. I viewed twitter using my phone and these blocks turned out to be emoticons.

[Velociraptor78]

There's a block in like every comment. Whenever I copy and paste one into a text box, it either shows up as a block or is a blank character. Sometimes, it makes an empty space comparable to a tab in MS Word.

[Ultimazone]

Originally Posted by Twiggy

Encoding, missing font data, try using a different browser... and setting the encoding to auto-detection wherever possible. That said, it shouldn't happen spontaneously... What browser?

(These blocks appear when a character does not have a representation within the specified font and all fallback fonts)

I was using google Chrome. It only started doing this recently though. I switched to auto detect and it still seems to be doing it.

[john-li]

I haven't ever seen these blocks recently but I think with our old computer sometimes with emoticons but I don't have it happen anymore

[Twiggy]

Originally Posted by Ultimazone

I was using google Chrome. It only started doing this recently though. I switched to auto detect and it still seems to be doing it.

One of the things that you do to isolate the cause: Switch browsers for now. If the blocks disappear in anything else, reinstall Google Chrome.