Hi, I have attached four files (oops five--see below) so that if somebody has a UNIX command line hopefully you just save them and do "make stub" and you can run my code. For compatibility here is my CentOS uname: [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Jul 1 19:04:48 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@localhost ~]# My goal is to create a "cellgam.png" but to have more control over the font. I want to stretch it vertically. In the example, I think I ran the program with the command ./stub 2 2 3 3 which means that 20% of the proteins are nuclear. I want the word "Nuclear" to have an extent that represents 20% of the vertical height of the diagram, but I want it to still be contained in my "cell" the rounded rectangle I have drawn. The rectangle is intended to have a vertical extent propotional to the first three arguments. All that is a ball of wax I can handle. The only thing I am asking is how do I control what is happening to my text to transform it vertically within a box that I chose. I got the idea for what I am doing from the fifth file I just attached, "bp_font.jpeg" I want to be able to stretch the word "Nuclear" so it is taller, but control the width to be narrower to still fit inside my cell. Thanks in advance for any help. -- *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular <a href="http://kayve.net">http://kayve.net</a> Webmaster <a href="http://ChessYoga.org">http://ChessYoga.org</a> *----------------------------------------------------------*