It sounds like you have sub-pixel hinting turned on. Go to Control Center|Appearance & Themes|Fonts. Uncheck the box "Use sub-pixel hinting" On Monday, April 7, 2003 3:14 pm, Petr Simon wrote: > Hi, > I have woody and sid on different partitions. Sid is OK, but in woody I > got strange shadows behind characters or even the characters themeselves > are partly yellow, blue etc. Whats wrong, what causes this? > Thanks for any pointers. > Petr Simon