Strange problem with IE6

[frikus]

Recently I've noticed a very strange thing - one of my websites displays differently in the same version of Internet Explorer 6 but on different computers. It looks perfect on one computer and corrupted on another. Seems like some of the IE6 CSS bug fixes don't work. The website has a fully CSS layout. Both computers have Windows XP SP2 installed. IE6 build is 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254
What could possibly cause this?

[tedster]

Hello frikus, and welcome to the forums.

One computer might have System Fonts set differently - I've run into that head scratcher. Check under:

Control Panel > Display > Appearance > font size

[frikus]

Thanks!

You were right, the font size was set at 'Smaller'.

[tedster]

This kind of problem often illustrates that you might tweak the page desgin or template a bit -- allowing the browser to flow the elements more naturally. System fonts are not often changed, but still it does happen often enough.

Sometimes every computer in an office network will be reset! I've also seen new computers sold with system fonts set in an unusual way - so you may have some visitors who get a less-than-ideal experience.

[SteveWh]

Windows "ClearType Tuning" can also significantly alter the appearance of fonts, which could create a difference on two computers running all the same software.

[frikus]

In my case it is caused by an elastic CSS layout with some div widths defined with ems and some with pixels.