OK, let's try something more difficult: I want to print the string ffi but it should be printed as f next to fi (lig) but not as the ffi lig. Nonetheless, I want to have the right kern between f and fi (well fi is in unicode, but let's suppose it's not there) Possible? Thierry Bouche. ----- thierry.bouche@ujf-grenoble.fr http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/~bouche/