Text not formatted correctly in IE

  • Resolved craigles89

    (@craigles89)


    12 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Guys,

    I’ve been modifying a test website (it’s still a work in progress), and only just noticed that the text is incorrectly formatted when displayed in IE’s latest browser. There’s nothing wrong with how the text is displayed in either Chrome or Firefox. I’ve tried a fix that essentially emulated IE8, but still had no luck.

    I’m a novice at this sort of thing, but I suspect that there’s an issue somewhere with some code. Any help really would be appreciated, as it’s driving me up the wall!

    The website is here: https://www.westallotment.host22.com/wordpress

    Many thanks in advance!

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Can you explain the problem further, “incorrectly formatted” ?

    Thread Starter craigles89

    (@craigles89)

    The text looks far chunkier and rough in IE than it does in Chrome or Firefox. The article titles and the menu bar are unaffected, but the main content and the text in the widgets look awful. Any ideas on how to solve something like this?

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Which browser version are you using and are you familiar with CSS and HTML?

    Thread Starter craigles89

    (@craigles89)

    I’m primarily using the latest Chrome browser (21.0.1180.83), but also have the latest Firefox one, and also have Internet Explorer 9. I’m vaguely familiar with both CSS and HTML – enough to fiddle around a little – but as I said, I’m still very much a novice!

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    I see the bold text in IE9.

    This is a common problem when Helvetica font is used. Internet Explorer can’t read the font properly and uses bold or different fonts.

    Try
    https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/better-helvetica/

    I don’t know the answer to this one.

    Thread Starter craigles89

    (@craigles89)

    Thanks Andrew. I wasn’t that fussed about Helvetica as a font, so I just replaced it, and now the text is as clear as day in IE. I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to help.

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