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Issue 12 · July 2026 The Rendering ReportField notes from the strangest runtime on the internet: the inbox. |
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Lead story Outlook did what to your border-radius?Outlook for Windows still renders email with Microsoft Word's engine — which means no border-radius, no flexbox, and padding that behaves like it's 2006. The classic fix isn't fighting it; it's designing so the square-cornered fallback still looks intentional. This issue walks the three-layer approach: VML roundrects for buttons where the shape earns its keep, honest rectangles everywhere else, and a testing habit that catches the Word engine before your subscribers do. Read the full teardown → |
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Dark mode The 3-line fix for inverted logosOutlook.com repaints your colours whether you like it or not. [data-ogsc] selectors give you a say in what it paints. The snippet →Deliverability Preheaders: the 90-character auditionYour preview text is the second subject line. A checklist for writing it on purpose — and the ‌ trick that stops body copy leaking in. The checklist → |
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The Rendering Report (demo publication) · 42 Inbox Road, Bengaluru 560025, IN You subscribed at example.com. One issue a month, no exceptions. Archive · Preferences · Unsubscribe Written & engineered by Abhishek E T |