Text that reaches across a sign in one resource pack doesn't reach across the sign in default.
For example, using Soartex Invictus, a sign reads
"Why can't I make a
server as awesome
as this?"
However, on the default textures it reads
"Why can't I make
server as
as this?"
Soartex: http://i.imgur.com/5oAcZGF.jpg
Default: http://i.imgur.com/mjQ2Wry.png
Just tested with Defscape: http://i.imgur.com/5vH0PNU.png
The text varies across packs.
Not a bug.
Bad resource packs. The width of the characters is encoded badly.