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Fieldset legend text can be clipped when using a custom or fallback font
See original GitHub issueThe SASS for .govuk-fieldset__legend has a line that sets overflow: hidden, as follows:
https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/blob/b52474c4c1c98c9886b48caafa3746bf7782859d/src/components/fieldset/_fieldset.scss#L25
From what I can tell the webkit bug this relates to was this one which was fixed over 6 years ago.
Having this in there can mean that if the NTA font isn’t present, the bottom of legends can get chopped off for larger font sizes, and the descenders in Arial end up overflowing the element and thus hidden.
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I’ve updated the title to make it focused on the problem as there may be a different solution to this issue, hope this is OK
Note that your example Andy has overriden font (since it’s not on a gov.uk domain), so the demonstration Glitch apps use a custom font.
Here’s what happens if you don’t use a custom font: