Speaking of 3am code... I was playing with GD to make a Christmas present for a quilter. The output is sorta neat, and the code doesn't make me retch too much. Comments welcome. tiny sample output: http://coder.com/daniel/photos/9block.png Code: http://kw.pm.org/wiki/index.cgi?NineBlocks -Daniel -- http://coder.com/ - Prescient Code Solutions - (519) 575-3733 da at coder.com