Next time I should hit Google a lot harder, and also remember who my CSS friends are!
I have just found this handy tip on Andy Budd's site >== http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2003/12/css_crib_sheet_1_gaps_between_vertical_nav_elements_in_ie5/ Setting the containing LI to "display: inline" has fixed the problem. I'm still curious about why this only matters with a font-declaration, but I have long since learnt that IE's ways are mysterious indeed! ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
