# Non-external avatars are unaligned

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [October 21, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755 "2015-10-21T13:24:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![calmh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/calmh/32/115466_2.png) [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755/1 "2015-10-21T13:24:14Z")

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Since I upgraded to v1.5.0.beta3 +126 (by rebuilding the Docker image), letter avatars are unaligned:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/a/da7e0c77a1dcbddd965da2189214e0b2318a66dc.png)

Note that I’m _not_ using the external avatar service. If I _do_ turn that on, the avatars look different and are aligned:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/f/cfaefae76625b794a08454efc6de560d98c400dd.png)

I’ve cleared browser cache as appropriate and so on. 🙂

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755/2 "2015-10-21T15:04:22Z")

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I believe @mpalmer did some alignments fixes to our service that might be present in discourse itself. Maybe he can chime in here with what needs to happen to get that fixed?

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### Author: ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755/3 "2015-10-22T01:02:57Z")

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The problem here is that a range of versions of ImageMagick have a bug in them that causes centered letters to be vertically misaligned. The [bug thread on the IM forums](http://imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28403) says that the bug was fixed in 6.9.2-4 Beta, so it would be good if you could check what version of IM you’ve got (`./launcher enter app`, then run `convert -h |grep Version:`). If you’re running a “fixed” version (6.9.2-4 or above) then presumably the bug isn’t fully fixed. If you’re running a buggy version (6.9.1-4 to 6.9.2-3), we’ll need to work out why a fresh rebuild is getting the buggy IM release.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755/4 "2015-10-22T01:56:58Z")

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Not our bug, check ImageMagick versions.

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### Author: ![OnceWas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/oncewas/32/40734_2.png) [@OnceWas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OnceWas)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755/5 "2015-10-25T05:10:38Z")

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There’s [a temporary workaround](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letter-avatars-out-of-alignment-with-imagemagick-update/33671/3).

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-external-avatars-are-unaligned/34755/7 "2016-02-11T01:32:40Z")

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