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Tom, I hate to tell you this, but the size of the font file doesn't affect the size of the drawing file – only the text that you type within it. Just like a shape entity, only a "placeholder" for the shape is kept within the drawing database. When AutoCAD load the drawing containing the shape (or text), AutoCAD also loads the shape definition so it knows how to draw the entity. As far as speeding up your regen time, which _is_ affected by the size of the font file (larger filey typically contain more complex letters), have you tried using the QTEXT command? This will replace all text entities within a drawing with "boxes" that show where the text originally was. Unfortunaely, this doesn't help your situation because the QTEXT boxes are seldom the size of the original text. One possible work around might be the uncompile the ROMANT shape file (there's a program in the Utilities library called SHP2SHX) and replace each letter with a simple box set to the original letter's dimensions. Then simply replace the existing ROMANT text style with your modified ROMANT style. Bill