When I first saw Negima!? airing on TV Tokyo, I noticed that some of the original text looked liked it was cut off, just like some of the TBS anime titles.
I saw the show on BS Japan (TV Tokyo's satellite station) today, and it was just as I thought it would be.
Negima!? is produced with an aspect ration of 16:9, but aired on TV Tokyo as 4:3, with both horizontal sides cropped off. On BS Japan, it is aired in 16:9.
Here are some screenshots I took for comparison, left picture is TV Tokyo (4:3), right is BS Japan (16:9)
I would advise fansubbers to use the BS Japan raws, despite the difficulty in obtaining it, as it looks much better.
Also, since I always wondered how Negi's spells would look in closed caption, I found my answer:
