Hello, Two Things: 1) can one of you please point to where to download the dingbats font that is needed for java 2. I know that have been on the list before, but I cant found it. BTW why does java 2 need its own font properties file? 2) I discovered that the Swing Examples (Simple and SwingSet) are running fine with 32 bit color depth, but with 16 bit color depth I get: (SimpleExample) Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: can't load javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel at javax.swing.UIManager.initializeDefaultLAF(UIManager.java:826) at javax.swing.UIManager.initialize(UIManager.java:896) at javax.swing.UIManager.maybeInitialize(UIManager.java:913) at javax.swing.UIManager.getUI(UIManager.java:535) at javax.swing.JPanel.updateUI(JPanel.java:110) at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:70) at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:100) at SimpleExample.<init>(SimpleExample.java:39) at SimpleExample.main(SimpleExample.java:135) (SwingSet) Error loading L&F: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Raster ShortInterleavedRaster: width = 64 height = 64 #numDataElements 1 is incompatible with ColorModel DirectColorModel: rmask=7c00 gmask=3e0 bmask=1f amask=0 Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException: at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:321) at javax.swing.UIDefaults.get(UIDefaults.java:100) at javax.swing.MultiUIDefaults.get(MultiUIDefaults.java:43) at javax.swing.UIDefaults.getUIClass(UIDefaults.java:306) at javax.swing.UIDefaults.getUI(UIDefaults.java:373) at javax.swing.UIManager.getUI(UIManager.java:544) at javax.swing.JPanel.updateUI(JPanel.java:110) at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:70) at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(JPanel.java:100) at javax.swing.JRootPane.createGlassPane(JRootPane.java:225) at javax.swing.JRootPane.<init>(JRootPane.java:181) at javax.swing.JFrame.createRootPane(JFrame.java:154) at javax.swing.JFrame.frameInit(JFrame.java:147) at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:137) at SwingSet.main(SwingSet.java:1224) Is that bug reproduceable? Regards, Helge Hielscher ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]