Dear gang, We can use \struttedbox to force an eg, large expression to obey the surrounding interlinespace: ======================= {blah blah \struttedbox{\tfc blah blah}} blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah \struttedbox{\tfc blah blah}} blah blah blah blah blah blah ======================= but this has the drawback that the box cannot be broken across lines. Is there a way to force the interlinespace to remain constant and ignore the size of grouped insertions with big font sizes? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/