# What's the deal with the missing titles? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 10, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517 "2015-09-10T13:52:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/1 "2015-09-10T13:52:19Z")
Some time yesterday, all the titles turned to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ This morning, some of them have returned, but some are still \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Does anyone know what caused it? (assuming I’m not the only one seeing it) And does this have anything to do with the occasional gaps in some posts where words ought to be? The mouseover still works, even on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ titles. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/2 "2015-09-10T19:58:50Z")
Discovered that words marked bold would disappear. Testing again ==\> **bolded** ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/3 "2015-09-10T20:01:01Z")
{waves hand} These are not the titles you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/4 "2015-09-10T20:21:49Z")
We don’t got no titles. We don’t have to show you no stinking titles! ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/5 "2015-09-10T21:23:53Z")
I’ve heard complaints about Chrome and Firefox on OS X not showing bold text in some cases. The consensus seemed to be it was due to a font that didn’t have a bold weight, and rather than substitute a different font, the browser doesn’t show anything. The resolution was to fix the style sheet on the web site, or get rid of user style sheets if any are in use. If that’s not applicable to you, maybe try a different browser? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/6 "2015-09-10T21:46:00Z")
It’s you, not us or the board. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/7 "2015-09-10T22:22:11Z")
The disappearance of bold text like titles for me is associated with the disappearance of italics that has also been asked about in this forum recently. At times it seems like almost half the text on a page is lost. Does anyone know what causes this? Does anyone know how to fix it? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/8 "2015-09-10T22:28:49Z")
Are you seeing this on all forums or just some particular forum(s)? What browser and OS? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/9 "2015-09-11T01:08:11Z")
Chrome v. 45 Windows XP v. 5.1 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/10 "2015-09-15T14:42:41Z")
Chrome - Windows Vista for home > [@Omar\_Little](#): > > It’s you, not us or the board. Well, that’s good to know. It wasn’t doing it previously. Oddly, some titles would show if moused over and others wouldn’t. Oh, and it’s not doing it now. It just started, on the day I posted, with all of the titles gone and some blanks in posts. Then newer posts would have titles showing. Now all of them seem to show. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/11 "2015-09-15T18:51:07Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Chrome - Windows Vista for home I have the same on my laptop and it’s been doing this on and off for a few months. While reloading doesn’t clear it up, closing the tab and opening a new one seems to. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-missing-titles/730517/12 "2015-09-16T22:12:10Z")
I get different variants of the problem at different times. Sometimes only the italicized text is missing. Sometimes the bold in thread titles is missing. Sometimes letters are lost selectively from the titles, leaving a few isolated letters scattered here and there. I use Adobe Acrobat Reader a lot for my work, and I think after rebooting the SDMB text disappears only after Acrobat Reader has been opened. In fact, it was disappearing yesterday while I had Acrobat Reader opened, but today, without having restarted, I haven’t used the Adobe and apparently the problem isn’t happening.