Format problems in Gmail

Nicole - Oregon Humane Society

When creating an email, the format goes all wonky in gmail, but looks fine in all other email programs.

I saw another question about this on here, but no answer.

Has anyone else encountered this? Any idea how to fix it?

Thanks!

9243

hmm, our emails seems to be alright in gmail. although sometimes the test emails font changes to purple.

are you having problems with spacing, alignment, or font?

April

I also have the same formatting problems in GMail. Some of the font is purple and some is black. I tried to go into the source code but it doesn't fix the formatting.

markstewart

Gmail is very restrictive about CSS styles. If you're using stylesheets to control the layout and look of the text, you may have to use inline styles instead.

MichaelAmoruso

markstewart :

Gmail is very restrictive about CSS styles. If you're using stylesheets to control the layout and look of the text, you may have to use inline styles instead.

CSS is indeed the likely culprit. As mark said, you should use inline styles, though even then you'll sometimes run into formatting discrepancies.  Trial and error is key here.