Can't read my iChat messages

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Hello Shelley,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I've checked that my font is black on a normal background???? What else
-Does this happen for EVERYONE or just your practical joker friends?
-If you are overriding the senders' text and balloon colors, have you checked the font color and background for incoming message?
-Have you shutting down and rebooting your modem, router, and Mac? (Let you modem finish its self-test before restarting your separate router. If you have a separate router, let
b it
finish its self-test, too, before restarting your Mac.)
-Have you recently done your Regular Maintenance / General Troubleshooting? I know it says iMac at the top, but these tips really help keep OS X running smoothly on all Macs

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