lol, ok well i feel slightly stupid. But at least i figured out why it was doing that. from the right, i have my cinema display, another 17″ next to it, then my ntsc monitor (through blackmagic card). i use the far left side of the 17″ for the viewer and right next to it for the canvas, and the cinema display for everything else. well i guess because the viewer is right next to the ntsc monitor, when i drop down the font menu, it drops down, but on the ntsc monitor right next to it. but because the monitor is displaying the preview, the font list shows up behind it. guess i need to to some window rearranging. thanks for the help