Hehe, you seem to have hit the nail right on the head, thank you! I'm slightly annoyed it was something so simple! I changed the application font from Ubuntu-R to something else and the problem went right away. It's a shame because I liked that font, and rebuilding the font cache or messing about with anti-aliasing settings doesn't seem to make a difference. Thanks again, Phil Markham On Sat, 2011-01-01 at 21:47 -0500, Chris Moller wrote: > The first thing that occurred to me was that you might be having a font > problem, but that's a bit of a guess. > > On 01/01/11 21:34, Phil Markham wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been having problems with blocks appearing instead of certain gtk > > elements. After playing with gtk-demo, I've narrowed the problems down > > to hyperlinks and single/double underlining. The underlining problem > > only seems to affect some applications' spell checkers. Xchat has the > > problem, but openoffice, evolution and chromium don't. > > > > I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 with openbox rather than gnome - but the problem > > is present in both environments. > > > > Here's some screenshots of the problems; > > http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=3021 > > http://imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=3022 > > > > I've asked around in #gtk+ and the ubuntu channel and forums to no > > avail. Do any of you have any ideas of what the problem is, or how I can > > narrow it down further? > > > > An unrelated note, but this is my first ever mailing list post! I hope > > I'm doing it right, but if I'm not or I've broken some kind of > > etiquette, please shout at me (: > > > > > > Kindest Regards, > > > > Phil Markham > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list mailing list > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
