Dear Thomas, TL> In case 1 you have the string "0.5", in case 2 you have the number 0.5. TL> text(x=2,y=2, quote(bold("0.5"==0.5))) TL> shows what is happening. I know about the different types in the cases. That is, 'bold' affects only on text strings. Am I right? --- Best regards, Wladimir mailto:wl at eimb.ru