Solved Internet Explorer 11 breaks kerning

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Letter-spacing, or "kerning", is botched in IE 11 so that reading text on webpages becomes a nightmare.
 

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A "nightmare"? Really? I don't know, a nightmare would be zombies eating my face off. Improper kerning doesn't even enter into "minor annoyance".

In any, perhaps you can include a screen capture that illustrates the problem. Simply stating something doesn't help anyone.
 

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Windows 7 / IE9:
Windows 7 fontsize.png
Windows 7 IE9.png

Windows 8.1 / IE11:
Windows 8.1 fontsize.png
Windows 8.1 IE11.png
 

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Why is this thread marked 'Resolved'?
It's because I already solved the problem myself. If you are experiencing this same problem, try verifying your IE11 security settings (internet options | security tab | local intranet | websites button; make sure it's set to "automatically detect" if you don't have a local intranet :eek: ).
 

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    Asus R510L
    CPU
    i7 4510U
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 820M
    Sound Card
    Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Supreme; Emotiva UMC-200; Astell & Kern AK240
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    LG 42LH5000
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    1TB internal; 45TB external
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    Logitech K800
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    Browser
    IE 11
Thank you for your reply.

Background info; we had problems with a legacy web app (running in document mode 5) with improper letter spacing when zooming > 100%; also 'solved' by downgrading to IE10, everything is normal now
 

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