Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of. The only problem with that is that the anti-alias text will not match in exact size with the subpicture text so when you mouse over the menu the text size will change. When you switch between anti-alias and alias it kerns the text a bit. I guess I will just bag it and just deal with it. I did read something about specifying a 3rd color as your alias color in the palette menu that would help use that specific color as a separate layer for your anti-alias text color, but it didnt make a whole lot of sense and I’m on a time crunch. Thanks for reponding! nicole