Frontpage 2003 Bug, IE6 Bug or Windows Font Bug?

[Michael Adams]

I have tried everything I can think of to figure this out. When I use Arial
1 (8 pt) for a vertical menu, and if the first character is a capital "W",
when viewed in IE6, the first two stacked pixels forming the top left corner
of the "W" are cutoff (cuts off pixels horizonally by one pixel). I have
confirmed this by looking at the overlay files. Unfortunately, just editing
the overlay files does not cure the problem.

Can someone see if they can reproduce the problem. I am wondering if it is
just my computer, or a bug in FP, IE, or Windows. Here are the steps (takes
about two minutes, maybe less if you are a proficient FP user).

1) Start FP 2003, and create a new site using the Corporate Presence
Wizard. Just keep clicking Next to get through the steps, and finally
Finish.

2) After the site is created, go to Format, Theme, and select the Website
Default Theme which is Journal.

3) Click the down arrow, and select Customize, click the Graphics button,
then for item select "Vertical Navigation". Click the Font tab, and change
the font to Arial size 1 (it is critical that this font be used, since the
other fonts and sizes appear to be OK).

4) Click OK twice to save change, and rename theme to another temporary
name.

5) Click the Website tab at the top, and click the Navigation button at the
bottom.

6) Right click on "News", and select Rename. Change the name from "News"
to "WNews". Make sure you use a capital "W", not lowercase.

7) Hit the F12 key to preview the page in the browser.

Does your system cut the top left of the "W" off?

Thanks everyone!

Michael

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Yep, I've seen it before. Never could figure it out, it was only Arial and
it was only on my old W98se machine.


|I have tried everything I can think of to figure this out. When I use
Arial
| 1 (8 pt) for a vertical menu, and if the first character is a capital "W",
| when viewed in IE6, the first two stacked pixels forming the top left
corner
| of the "W" are cutoff (cuts off pixels horizonally by one pixel). I have
| confirmed this by looking at the overlay files. Unfortunately, just
editing
| the overlay files does not cure the problem.
|
| Can someone see if they can reproduce the problem. I am wondering if it
is
| just my computer, or a bug in FP, IE, or Windows. Here are the steps
(takes
| about two minutes, maybe less if you are a proficient FP user).
|
| 1) Start FP 2003, and create a new site using the Corporate Presence
| Wizard. Just keep clicking Next to get through the steps, and finally
| Finish.
|
| 2) After the site is created, go to Format, Theme, and select the Website
| Default Theme which is Journal.
|
| 3) Click the down arrow, and select Customize, click the Graphics button,
| then for item select "Vertical Navigation". Click the Font tab, and
change
| the font to Arial size 1 (it is critical that this font be used, since the
| other fonts and sizes appear to be OK).
|
| 4) Click OK twice to save change, and rename theme to another temporary
| name.
|
| 5) Click the Website tab at the top, and click the Navigation button at
the
| bottom.
|
| 6) Right click on "News", and select Rename. Change the name from "News"
| to "WNews". Make sure you use a capital "W", not lowercase.
|
| 7) Hit the F12 key to preview the page in the browser.
|
| Does your system cut the top left of the "W" off?
|
| Thanks everyone!
|
| Michael
|
|