Safari page opens dark, chaotic, scrambled windows, slanted windows

For several versions of Safari to include the latest, the first page opens dark and with slanted colorful windows. It makes it impossible to pick something on the page or to go to another link on the page because it is un-readable. What can I do? I have removed and reloaded several times with the same results.

hmmm weird , your best off going into edit, prefrences and going onto apperances , play around with the font smoothing and other things on there

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