I was looking at the Artificer class page on my computer and found the phrase "I was wondering the same" printed sideways one letter per line down the center of the page, and it scrolls with the page as well. It only shows up on PC, and doesn't show up on mobile web browsers. My sister was able to confirm it shows up on her PC as well, she uses Chrome, I use Firefox.
That text is from the most recent comment on the class page. I don't know why it would be formatting like that.
Edit: Similar weird vertical text from a comment has happened before for users. Are either of you using a browser extension like Beyond20, or lower screen resolution?
When things display “sideways” like that, it’s usually because of the formatting used. DDB uses html, so to make something bold, they use <strong>text</strong>, for italics they use <em>text</em>, etc., but there are other formats. For example, if I use the functions built into my phone, it instead uses <b>text</b> for bold, and <i>text</i> for italics. Sometimes that alternate formatting causes things to display as you described on DDB.
You can replicate it easily on Monster statblocks, that’s how I first discovered the issue myself. Make a test monster and give it the same special trait twice, but use the html formatting on the trait name for one, and the alternate formatting for the name on the other. It’ll look perfectly normal both ways… until you load it into the Encounter Builder/Combat Tracker. You’ll immediately be able to see that the trait edited using the non-html formatting will appear to have no name, and there will be a column of letters just as described, only instead of “I was wondering the same,” it will instead read as that missing tray name.
PS- I have never used Beyond20, so I know I can rule that out on my end. That’s not to say it isn’t in some way contributing to this particular report.
I was looking at the Artificer class page on my computer and found the phrase "I was wondering the same" printed sideways one letter per line down the center of the page, and it scrolls with the page as well. It only shows up on PC, and doesn't show up on mobile web browsers. My sister was able to confirm it shows up on her PC as well, she uses Chrome, I use Firefox.
That text is from the most recent comment on the class page. I don't know why it would be formatting like that.
Edit: Similar weird vertical text from a comment has happened before for users. Are either of you using a browser extension like Beyond20, or lower screen resolution?
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We are both using Beyond20(I didn't even think of this), so this could be the cause.
When things display “sideways” like that, it’s usually because of the formatting used. DDB uses html, so to make something bold, they use <strong>text</strong>, for italics they use <em>text</em>, etc., but there are other formats. For example, if I use the functions built into my phone, it instead uses <b>text</b> for bold, and <i>text</i> for italics. Sometimes that alternate formatting causes things to display as you described on DDB.
You can replicate it easily on Monster statblocks, that’s how I first discovered the issue myself. Make a test monster and give it the same special trait twice, but use the html formatting on the trait name for one, and the alternate formatting for the name on the other. It’ll look perfectly normal both ways… until you load it into the Encounter Builder/Combat Tracker. You’ll immediately be able to see that the trait edited using the non-html formatting will appear to have no name, and there will be a column of letters just as described, only instead of “I was wondering the same,” it will instead read as that missing tray name.
PS- I have never used Beyond20, so I know I can rule that out on my end. That’s not to say it isn’t in some way contributing to this particular report.
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Well ya know, not an issue when DDB has an integrated solution with a VTT end to end like ... he he
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