Tech annoyance

[vvvexation]

My ancient work machine died yesterday, and so they finally set me up with the new one they've been promising. It's sleek and all, but it's annoying me in little ways. For example, it's fucking with my fonts in a way I can't figure out how to correct. My LiveJournal is showing up in Arial or some such stupid thing instead of the Verdana I know and love, and it's bothering me. It just looks so...cheesy.

I don't think it's a Firefox problem, but in any case I've searched for settings to tweak in both the browser and the computer's control panel, and found nothing that seems to work. I hate to sound like a whiner, but can anyone tell me how to regain control of my goddamn fonts?

Comments

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

It's there. Does the fact that it's True Type make a difference?

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Well, I've tried Tools > Options > Fonts & Colors within FF. Is there another menu I should try instead?

[jen92373.livejournal.com]

Wish I could help, but I know jack about that sort of thing.

[aleeceh.livejournal.com]

Might you have one of the "accessibility" options set in Control Panel that causes the browser to ignore browser font specifications?

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

*looks* Only one thing there looks like it would do that, and it's turned off.

*turns it on and back off for good measure* Nope, no change.

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

Does Preferences > General > Fonts & Colors "Always use my: Fonts" do anything if it's checked?

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

It does. In fact, I'm forced to conclude that it has been using Verdana. Perhaps that's actually not what I've been using on my home machine...except that I can't find a font that does look like what I'm used to. Now I'm very confused.