I'm working on creating custom Linetypes, and have been mostly successful. My goal was to create lines with text embedded in them (ie. gas line has "G" in the line). I've managed to have text in the standard font inserted, however, i've not been able to insert other fonts. The reason for this is related to the other fonts being defined by shape files (*.shx). It is possible to shapes, but you have to know the name of them. The font i want to use is architxt.shx but i can't make the linetype description work. any help would be greatly apreciated. jf