In article <Tr2dnQ6C68w-UhLVnZ2dnUVZ_tzinZ2d@comcast.com>, John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> dorayme wrote: > > In article <sfadnUqsNJPqsRLVnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d@comcast.com>, > > John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >> I occasionally get the unreadable lines (distortion) that I can cure > >> temporarily by increasing font size and/or decreasing it (Cmd + or -) > > > > That is surely just poor webpage design fault... > > > > So might one think, but it may have happened on Apple's web site. I will > pay more attention next time it occurs.
It is a thoroughly well known phenomena and happens when web authors fail in various ways to account for the possibility that people besides themselves have different browser-size and text-size preferences. A simple thing of dimensioning an html box element in pixels can frequently cause text (which is not generally sized in pixels but ems) to spill out of the assigned box. This box might be close to another element (margined away in pixels too!) with text and there can be ugly clashes.
