# Why does the font look like hell when you post a paragraph then italicize it?

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**Created:** [June 26, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-look-like-hell-when-you-post-a-paragraph-then-italicize-it/70185 "2001-06-26T06:43:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-look-like-hell-when-you-post-a-paragraph-then-italicize-it/70185/1 "2001-06-26T06:43:37Z")

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Why does the font look like hell when you post a paragraph then italicize the whole paragraph?

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**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-look-like-hell-when-you-post-a-paragraph-then-italicize-it/70185/2 "2001-06-26T08:06:53Z")

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I know its part of the BBS system or whatever you use and I know it’s probably never going to change. Let me clarify; is there something I can do on my end, regarding some control option I don’t know about, to change the way it appears to me, and only me. If their isn’t, no big deal.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-look-like-hell-when-you-post-a-paragraph-then-italicize-it/70185/3 "2001-06-26T21:48:14Z")

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You should try fooling around with the font settings in your browser options/preferences. The resolution of your monitor will also affects font appearance. It took me a while to tweak all these settings to find an acceptable combination.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-font-look-like-hell-when-you-post-a-paragraph-then-italicize-it/70185/4 "2001-06-26T22:40:25Z")

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> \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \*  
> \*\*It took me a while to tweak all these settings to find an acceptable combination. \*\*

Why don’t you just tell me everything you did, and I’ll do it the same way?

– Uke, the guy who sat behind you in Math Class