# Text not rendering properly from FTP server

**URL:** <https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414>\
**Category:** 🌵 Needle Engine\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\
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I am running into a weird issue where text renders correctly on localhost/vitje server, but when servered from our FTP to the same browser I am getting jumbled text. Any ideas on the cause? No errors when viewing the FTP site in console.  
 ![image.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/uploads/needle1/original/1X/3bcde5df8d30bbcde1781ea3fb99e5c44e13a02f.png)  
 ![image.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/uploads/needle1/original/1X/e1c4e638a68a897a829dce60ef42bd87ab7cc5bb.png)

[Original Post on Discord](https://discord.com/channels/717429793926283276/1204435631585890384)

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**Author:** ![needle-bot](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/needle-bot/32/20_2.png) [@needle-bot](https://forum.needle.tools/u/needle-bot)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/2 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/3 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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This looks like the text MDF file was broken when generated for the built - can you try to build again?

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**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/4 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Have same results. Everything is fine locally, but bad from the FTP hosted site.

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**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/5 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Local versus hosted results is what is confusing me.

_by user 943936853348855838_

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/6 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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I have seen this issue a few times but quite seldomly (without being able to reproduce it) - when you build locally or for the browser the font file gets regenerated - it’s odd that it happens _again_ for the built

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\
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And I havent seen it in quite a while here… do you think you could send a bugreport - I’d like to try if this reproduces here for me too

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/8 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Literally I did Build Preview, captured that, manually uploaded to FTP. So there isn’t anything being built between local and server.

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/9 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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This is how the website looks for me that you just DMed me  
 ![Capto_Capture_2024-02-06_10-46-10_PM.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/uploads/needle1/original/1X/594b77d023dbe5ba4ed8559ddda635c93ddf1e48.png)

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/10 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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perhaps it’s now your browsers cache that shows the old texture?

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**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/11 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Okay, thanks

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/12 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Throws stuff at the internet and caches and walks off. Feel free to ignore and close this.

_by user 943936853348855838_

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/13 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Glad it was just this (and re-deploying was enough) - well unfortunately because of this the issue is hard to fix 😕 (it’s a bug in a library that we use in generating the fonts but there’s no error unfortunately)

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/14 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Well maybe not. What browser did you check in? I am in Chrome on Android and Windows, cache clearing and incognito mode still showing on Android.

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/15 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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I checked on chrome/OSX - will try android in a moment

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\
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Android looks fine here too

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/text-not-rendering-properly-from-ftp-server/414/17 "2024-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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Great must be a server side cache issue in my region. Thanks for checking.

**Throws more stuff at the internet and cache**

_by user 943936853348855838_
