[MC-5018] Wide characters (e.g. Tildes ~) overflow on signs Created: 20/Dec/12  Updated: 04/Jan/17  Resolved: 28/Jun/14

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.5, Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.5.2, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.6.4, Minecraft 13w39b, Minecraft 13w41a, Minecraft 13w41b, Minecraft 13w42a, Minecraft 13w42b, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w08a
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 14w25b

Type: Bug
Reporter: Brynley McDonald Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 8
Labels: rendering, signs, text

Attachments: PNG File 2012-12-20_14.56.56.png     PNG File 2014-06-25_21.53.29.png     PNG File QGxXj.png    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-5618 Tilde Symbols Can Hang Off of Signs Resolved
is duplicated by MC-49566 this ----> ~~~ will glitch out of a sign Resolved
is duplicated by MC-50894 Sign bug with letter " ª " Resolved
is duplicated by MC-61876 Sign Text out of sign Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-6866 Text can extend beyond the edges of s... Open
relates to MC-35879 German Umlauts and ß are not correctl... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed

 Description   

Signs have limit to the amount of characters on a sign so that they don't glitch of the side of the sign. When using a large amount of tildes (eg for seperators or decoration) they glitch off the sign, creating floating text.

The effect can be seen in the attached image.

My theory as to why they do this is although they obey the limit of 15 characters per line, they seem to have a larger amount of pixel per letter (wide) meaning that they eventually glitch off the sign. The image shows that all other characters a closer together, while the tildes are further apart.



 Comments   
Comment by Itouch2 [ 27/Jun/14 ]

Confirmed fixed

Comment by kazblox [ 26/Jun/14 ]

Fixed in 14w25a due to the new sign changes. How much text is on a line now depends on the width of every character, so for example the sign gui limits me to about 10 tildes instead of 15.

Comment by Itouch2 [ 12/Mar/14 ]

Confirmed for 1.7.5 and 14w10c

Comment by branza [ 06/Oct/13 ]

Affects 1.6.4.

Comment by Mustek [ 20/Dec/12 ]

Added image with default texturepack.

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