Yep, it's Germany; and the dots are a neverending source of hassle. You wont believe how many websites, software ... and hence programmers think, if their tests covered a..z they're ready for unicode. I wonder, what asian people could say about that... ;) Ooops, I thought it was John (& Jane) Doe, but I got what you meant ... and that's why I supposed you give the Canvas a more 'speaking' name. BTW: Why do you use a Canvas with an ImageBrush background? A sole Image would do the same. Regards Jürgen