I had the same problem. My only fonts left at KDE where the fixed font family! It was solved by switching off the antialiasing option in the styles menu. Quim -- Joaquim Ortega-Cerdà E-mail: quim@mat.ub.es Dept. App. Math.& Analysis Phone: (34)-93 4035747 Universitat de Barcelona Fax: (34)-93 4021601 Gran Via 585 08071 BARCELONA, SPAIN WWW: http://www.maia.ub.es/cag/index.html