Hi Alex, continuing on the topic of devnag, have you looked into the Sanskrit package. Dr. Wagish Shukla thinks high of the package. For him, the major shortcoming in it is the lack of urdu characters like .z . Amitabh -- Amitabh Trehan <amitabhtrehan at softhome.net> Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hiindi Vishwavidyalaya