I tried to get help elsewhere for this, but to no avail...not sure if this is the right section, but my issue is in SMP all the text is white...it has been that way since the 1.1 update. I don't know if there's a fix to this? It's confusing at times, I can't tell the difference between chats aside from the colon. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Try updating Java if not already done, try installing 64bit JAVA too if not done, and try updating your graphics driver...
Some will say java 64 has nothing to do with minecraft, but several pple could finally join my city after getting the 64bit version.
The reason was stated in a post I found somewhere on the World Wide Web, and the problem was that with the new Font Rendering that came with the 1.1 update, It added a new type of Java feature that came out pretty recently, and that caused some video cards to not understand the new code, so they ignored the code, AKA Color. There are no known solutions yet that will 100% fix the problem, but your best bet would be to update your video cards, and keep java updated.
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This happens to me on my crappy work computer but it has nothing to do with World of Minecraft as I get it on other servers.