PNG is good! :D Will the improved versions be in UTF-8 and use NCR? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeric_character_reference when it gets to XHTML since you only have '5 predefined entities' to choose from anyway. The STRONG element is for extra/strong emphasis (not boldness) and technically is probably of less significance as how the actual quoted speech passage itself is marked up. Possibly with UPPERCASE it would give better visual clues that SHOUTING was going on... ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon