After reading this again, I find myself if the "strangely-shaped felt tip" is anything like the "strange flavored chicken" I always see on the menus of oriental restaurants... Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '