[ElMiko]

Thanks for looking into this, guys.

Sigil doesn't seem to respond one way or another to enclosing the font-family in quotes, but I understand that's the convention, and will be sure to update my css template to reflect that. I'm running 32-bit Vista with Sigil v0.5.3, and calibre v0.8.61. Also, I've attached a screen shot that shows some of the cut off text; this sample isn't particularly egregious although you can see some words getting cut off. If you guys can't duplicate the bug, then fuhgedabowdit—I appreciate your having given it the old college try.

@cybmole - I don't want to get into a huge row with you, but ultimately, determining whether my concern is "academic" is central to why I asked the question. You'll recall that I asked why it was behaving this way, and (based on the "why") whether anyone knew of any other fonts that would render this way. the ducks explained why Calibre & Sigil would render the text consistently against eachother (they share the same display engine). The question then becomes whether the rule in QT that results in the skewing is a rule that I might expect to find in other programs (using either the same or different display engines). While I'm perfectly happy to concede that most e-ink readers render text in the device's own font, computers and tablets have a more generous font catalog. So if the rule in QT that is causing the text to render all funky is a rule NOT unique to that display engine, I would like to know. Now, I understand that on rare occasions I ask questions to which no one here knows the answer. I can totally live with that. It looks like my problem can't even be duplicated, so I'll just hope for the best. But it's frustrating to have my question patronizingly dismissed as "counting angels on the head of a pin". Also, I understand that tone can translate poorly in text, and even more so in forum conditions, so if I've misinterpreted your posts, I apologize.