On 06/11/02 12:03, "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since upgrading to Jaguar (on my 500MHz iBook), random lines of text in > Internet Explorer 5 looks like Woodstock gibberish (the bird in the Peanuts > comic strip). The text in a number of paragraphs looks like a bunch of cap & > lower case vertical lines, instead of the correct characters. If I click on > or select the jumbled text it will clear up, but text in other areas of the > page turns to gibberish. > > I had IE5.2 installed and upgraded to IE5.2.2 this morning which did not fix > the problem. I don't like anti-aliasing text, but since I can't turn it off > completely in OSX, I have it set at Medium (under System Preference; > General) and smoothing is off when below 12 points. > > Any thoughts on why type is turning into Woodstock tick-marks?
You could check in IE preferences, under "Interface Extras" to see if "Enable Quartz Smoothing" is enabled or not. It is enabled for me on my Pismo and I don't have any problem in Explorer. Another question: would you have installed "Silk" by any chance? -Laurent. -- =========================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:Laurent_Daudelin@;fanniemae.com Washington, DC, USA ************************* Usual disclaimers apply ************************* fat-finger vt.: 1. To introduce a typo while editing in such a way that the resulting manglification of a configuration file does something useless, damaging, or wildly unexpected. "NSI fat-fingered their DNS zone file and took half the net down again." 2. More generally, any typo that produces dramatically bad results. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
