diff --git a/article_maker.cc b/article_maker.cc
index a7d8e598..1f5b5794 100644
--- a/article_maker.cc
+++ b/article_maker.cc
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ void ArticleRequest::bodyFinished()
 
         if ( closePrevSpan )
         {
-          head += "</span></span><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span class=\"gdarticleseparator\"></span>";
+          head += "</div></div><div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span class=\"gdarticleseparator\"></span>";
         }
         else
         {
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ void ArticleRequest::bodyFinished()
           "if ( !gdArticleContents ) gdArticleContents = \"" + jsVal +" \"; "
           "else gdArticleContents += \"" + jsVal + " \";</script>";
 
-        head += string( "<span class=\"gdarticle" ) +
+        head += string( "<div style=\"display:inline;\" class=\"gdarticle" ) +
                 ( closePrevSpan ? "" : " gdactivearticle" ) +
                 ( collapse ? " gdcollapsedarticle" : "" ) +
                 "\" id=\"" + gdFrom +
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ void ArticleRequest::bodyFinished()
 
         head += "<div class=\"gddictnamebodyseparator\"></div>";
 
-        head += "<span class=\"gdarticlebody gdlangfrom-";
+        head += "<div class=\"gdarticlebody gdlangfrom-";
         head += LangCoder::intToCode2( activeDict->getLangFrom() ).toLatin1().data();
         head += "\" lang=\"";
         head += LangCoder::intToCode2( activeDict->getLangTo() ).toLatin1().data();
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ void ArticleRequest::bodyFinished()
 
       if ( closePrevSpan )
       {
-        footer += "</span></span>";
+        footer += "</div></div>";
         closePrevSpan = false;
       }
 
diff --git a/dsl.cc b/dsl.cc
index dde84cbc..c9433c36 100644
--- a/dsl.cc
+++ b/dsl.cc
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ string DslDictionary::nodeToHtml( ArticleDom::Node const & node )
       string id = "O" + getId().substr( 0, 7 ) + "_" +
                 QString::number( articleNom ).toStdString() +
                 "_opt_" + QString::number( optionalPartNom++ ).toStdString();
-    result += "<div class=\"dsl_opt\" id=\"" + id + "\">" + processNodeChildren( node ) + "</div>";
+    result += "<span class=\"dsl_opt\" id=\"" + id + "\">" + processNodeChildren( node ) + "</span>";
   }
   else
   if ( node.tagName == GD_NATIVE_TO_WS( L"m" ) )
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ void DslArticleRequest::run()
       if( displayedHeadword.empty() || isDslWs( displayedHeadword[ 0 ] ) )
         displayedHeadword = word; // Special case - insided card
 
-      articleText += "<span class=\"dsl_article\">";
+      articleText += "<div style=\"display:inline;\" class=\"dsl_article\">";
       articleText += "<div class=\"dsl_headwords\"";
       if( dict.isFromLanguageRTL() )
         articleText += " dir=\"rtl\"";
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ void DslArticleRequest::run()
 
       articleAfter += dict.dslToHtml( articleBody, displayedHeadword );
       articleAfter += "</div>";
-      articleAfter += "</span>";
+      articleAfter += "</div>";
 
       if( dict.hasHiddenZones() )
       {
diff --git a/epwing.cc b/epwing.cc
index 3a2fdeb1..fce64291 100644
--- a/epwing.cc
+++ b/epwing.cc
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ void EpwingArticleRequest::run()
     return;
   }
 
-  string result = "<span class=\"epwing_article\">";
+  string result = "<div style=\"display:inline;\" class=\"epwing_article\">";
 
   multimap< wstring, pair< string, string > >::const_iterator i;
 
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ void EpwingArticleRequest::run()
       result += i->second.second;
   }
 
-  result += "</span>";
+  result += "</div>";
 
   Mutex::Lock _( dataMutex );
 
diff --git a/gls.cc b/gls.cc
index 626dfa2b..d9bd731e 100644
--- a/gls.cc
+++ b/gls.cc
@@ -794,13 +794,13 @@ void GlsDictionary::loadArticle( uint32_t address,
   }
 
   if( isToLanguageRTL() )
-    article += "<span dir=\"rtl\">";
+    article += "<div style=\"display:inline;\" dir=\"rtl\">";
 
   QString text = QString::fromUtf8( articleBody.c_str(), articleBody.size() );
   article += filterResource( text );
 
   if( isToLanguageRTL() )
-    article += "</span>";
+    article += "</div>";
 
   article +="</div>";
 
diff --git a/stardict.cc b/stardict.cc
index d76fefc5..9c1532ce 100644
--- a/stardict.cc
+++ b/stardict.cc
@@ -1296,11 +1296,11 @@ void StardictArticleRequest::run()
         result += i->second.first;
         result += "</h3>";
         if( dict.isToLanguageRTL() )
-          result += "<span dir=\"rtl\">";
+          result += "<div style=\"display:inline;\" dir=\"rtl\">";
         result += i->second.second;
         result += cleaner;
         if( dict.isToLanguageRTL() )
-          result += "</span>";
+          result += "</div>";
     }
 
     for( i = alternateArticles.begin(); i != alternateArticles.end(); ++i )
@@ -1309,11 +1309,11 @@ void StardictArticleRequest::run()
         result += i->second.first;
         result += "</h3>";
         if( dict.isToLanguageRTL() )
-          result += "<span dir=\"rtl\">";
+          result += "<div style=\"display:inline;\" dir=\"rtl\">";
         result += i->second.second;
         result += cleaner;
         if( dict.isToLanguageRTL() )
-          result += "</span>";
+          result += "</div>";
     }
 
     Mutex::Lock _( dataMutex );