Why does the font on the very top of the IE screen show as squares?

Question

I updated to IE latest version and now the header does not work. I get a row of squares instead of the proper font. Any thoughts on how to correct this?

Answer 1

Check your encoding. View ---> Encoding ---> Unicode(UTF-8)

Make sure this and Auto-Select are checked. The reason there are squares is that IE cannot decode the ASCII code for those particular characters. Hope this helps

Answer 2

That behavior sometimes manifests when your user profile is corrupted. Try creating a new user account/profile on your computer and signing into that one - see if the problem still persists.

It can also sometimes happen under certain conditions if you have the Google Desktop Search program installed. If you do, try uninstalling that and rebooting.