Thanks for your suggestion. Even though this seems to recapitulate the problem, I don't think it's the same cause. I'm getting overlap of one letter, not all of the remaining letters (see the first image - the 'S' doesn't overlap, just the P and E). Likewise, my text isn't popping out of the top of ...

Thanks for your reply. I tried changing the line spacing (I'm using both the Text and Font Tools, but also the controls on the toolbar) but in my hands, it doesn't alter the letter spacing, it just moves the line up (see below). If that is indeed my problem, would that affect just some of the letter...

Hello board, I've been using Inkscape for a while now and occasionally come across this which may be something I'm doing wrong or a bug. Not sure. Any help or suggestions appreciated! This is what I do: - Make a text box, start typing a word: in this case MICROSCOPES - When I type the E after the P,...