That's what makes old manuscripts and records hard to read.

RE the F: My grandmother's maiden name was FRENCH (an English or Irish surname) researching the name back to the 1600's it was spelled fFrench. I am told the 1st f was called a helper letter???? Oddly (or maybe not) there are still some people who still use the original spelling.

I really like the 2nd image Eva! You are right Xara is really friendly program for text. Even though I love Painter anything I create in it that needs text gets done in Xara and that goes for Photoshop too..... so okay I only have 4 maybe 5 is better.

Judi