[snip] >The only > thing I see in common is that they all contain an underscore in the style > name. Is this a problem for browsers or just for the validator? from http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1 a.. in CSS1, selectors (element names, classes and IDs) can contain only the characters A-Z, 0-9, and Unicode characters 161-255, plus dash (-); they cannot start with a dash or a digit; they can also contain escaped characters and any Unicode character as a numeric code (see next item). underscores are illegal in selector names heres a unicode chart http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/4038/graph/fontset.htm hth, morgan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.morgankelsey.com