Dashboard font is huge

Hi,
After upgrading to Leopard, my dashboard font size is huge and exceeds widgets window. I've tried to delete dashboard cashe db, delete dashbord 'plist' files in Preferences.. but doesn't help. How can I change the font size of dashboard?
Thanks.

I had a similar problem, the font in the 'Stocks' Widget was extending over the background color and border of the application, making it look like they were just hanging in space. I fixed this problem by;
1) Removing all 3rd party widgets (after a fresh restart)
2) Because I use Linotype FontXplorer X to manage my fonts, I opened it up and went to Tools>Clean System Font Folders... and removed all excess fonts to a folder on my desktop.
3) I then also cleaned the system and application font caches from the same Tools folder.
This solved the issue and dashboard is now behaving normally, not crashing and not stalling.
I then re-added the removed fonts to my library again and Dashboard still works great. No more problems.
Hope this helps, it was a **** frustrating problem.
Nik

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beniro wrote:Also, if you the width/height you entered in millimeters is correct (You're using a fairly standard 19" or 20" monitor???) and your resolution really is 1680x1050, your dpi is actually: 102 (from left to right) by 84 (top to bottom)...which will give you...a skewed view of the world.
He said it in his first posting--15.4" widescreen, so it's probably a 16:10 screen, not 4:3. So his numbers seem correct to me. Many laptops have screens with 130dpi and more, nowadays ...
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It's the strangest thing...
My iBook battery died almost a month ago. It was the Apple Replacement Battery Program batt that I got about last May (almost a year; the battery lasted only 9 months...that's a subject for a different topic!).
After resetting the PMU, fiddling around with the firmware, zapping PRAM, etc. to no avail before resigning to the probability that the battery was dead, took my iBook to an Apple Store. They graciously replaced my battery; I was *this close* to doing a reinstall of Tiger. Not based solely on this Widget behavior, but 'cuz of other things.
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