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Wonder Y some sites show text etc overwritten (i.e. not spaced out)?

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woollytux
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Hi,

Only seen this since last upgrade (using on Kubuntu Lucid). Some text on some sites is overwritten. Could be bad design but seeing quite a bit of this but cannot see any obvious reason. I also have a new monitor but as nothing else is giving problems!!

I have searched around but found nought on this (yet).

Many Thanks.

Paul.

Hi, Only seen this since last upgrade (using on Kubuntu Lucid). Some text on some sites is overwritten. Could be bad design but seeing quite a bit of this but cannot see any obvious reason. I also have a new monitor but as nothing else is giving problems!! I have searched around but found nought on this (yet). Many Thanks. Paul.

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TonyE
TonyE
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See websites look wrong, a possible cause for this behaviour is a minimum font size being set.

cor-el
cor-el
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Such issues can also be caused if a different font is used on pages that is wider than the specified font. If you do not have the specified font and Firefox uses a font that is wider then you can get that problem. Some websites are also coded badly and use absolute positioning or specify a fixed height.

If you can't solve it via Websites look wrong or appear differently than they should then please post a link to sites that look wrong.

woollytux
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Thanks for the very quick responses.

I think it may be the 'minimum font' that I did have set. I've changed that to 'NONE' now so I'll keep an eye on it. If it does happen again I'll log the website/s.

Thanks again.