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that godawful font that makes member names unreadable in some forums?

 

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On my computers the fonts are the same in every forum.

 

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MXSparx said:

On my computers the fonts are the same in every forum.

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James said:

that godawful font that makes member names unreadable in some forums?

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Yes there is.

 

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Yes there is.

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Useless as usual, thanks!

 

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MXSparx said:

On my computers the fonts are the same in every forum.

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It could be the same font...some names are worse than others. All of the names in this thread are passable.

 

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James said:

Useless as usual, thanks!

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Actually the question as originally posted was answered. If you had asked HOW to turn it off I could have answered that question as well.

How does your helmet fit with that giant chip on your shoulder? :laugh:

 

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Rooms at Motel 6 are pretty cheap :)

Not sure what could be the problem James... all the fonts/typefaces are the same. The Only difference is color, based on user group. See if the ones that are bugging you have anything in common, or give me an example of a user with a font that looks bad.

 

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Chances are he recently installed a update to Vista that is causing it. Anybody with the older OS's or pre-patched Vista won't see the problem. There is a Service Pack out now that might resolve it. If not he needs to download the font updates from MS and perhaps the latest video driver for his card. I'm sure this is worthless information since it's not strictly numbers based LOL!

I'm no an accountant but I've slept at a few Holiday Inn Express' in my day. As well as Motel 6's

 

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Oh or he could just use Safari.

 

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Patman said:

Actually the question as originally posted was answered. If you had asked HOW to turn it off I could have answered that question as well.

How does your helmet fit with that giant chip on your shoulder? :laugh:

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Don't put the chip off on my shoulder. While your "witty" response may technically answer my question, it is obviously useless as are many of your "witty" responses. :nener:

I Dont use Vista or Safari.

 

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http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v679/james28210/?action=view&current=fonts.jpg

whenfoxforks isn't the worst but its a good example. The blue shading/streaking often obscures the actual letters of the name.

Is that a setting I can change somewhere?

 

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Okay, you've told me what you don't use now, how about telling me what you DO use?
I'll take a guess... Internet Exploder? What version? What version of winblows?

I've never seen the site look like that.

 

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Windows XP and IE 8

It's worse on my work computer and I am guessing because it has low quality graphics in comparsion to my home computer (screen shot). I am pretty sure work computer is XP and IE 8 also.

Here's a better example.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v679/james28210/?action=view&current=fonts2.jpg

 

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Mine looks just like that too. Windows XP and Vista

 

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humm.......

 

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Hey, looks normal now!

 

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Now we can all sleep well tonight and enjoy our weekend!!!

 

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Now mine look different. Screw those guys, put it back the way it was. :)

 

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Thanks, I will. :)

 

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Get over it James it is all you.

If you are using IE8 let me ask when did the problem start? When you installed the latest IE8? Yes guess what the problem is, IE8!

As I stated previously but your attitude wouldn't let you see, use Safari and the problem goes away. It's pretty simple to install and use and you will have less problems than the constant patching of MS products.

Take it for what it's worth which I suppose is nothing but it will fix THAT problem. Frankly I don't care what your opinion is of me, I'll sleep well knowing I tried to help somebody that was too blind to take the help they were offered because of their attitude. :laugh:

 

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Holiday Inn?

 

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Tapatio Springs Resort actually.

 

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Patman said:

it is all you.

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And Treejumper :)

I am going to tell my boss that all our customers can go to hell and start using something else that we know works instead of what comes with their computers standard and is advertised as working with our product.

Damn those customers... they really muck things up with their expectations of wanting to use what is convenient for them (and used by the majority of other customers).

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Patman said:

When you installed the latest IE8? Yes guess what the problem is, IE8!

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FYI... Microsoft forces IE8. It can be uninstalled but from my experience it works better than the previous versions of IE.

I prefer Mozilla but I use IE for a lot of other things. I don't think it is asking too much for a website to work with one of the most used browsers out there.

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