Hi all I have wasted far too much time on this... hope someone can help On http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/tex with the title Add thedegree symbol (°) to the map-comment (Stacho Mudrak) \comment={\vbox{\halign{#\hfil\cr\thfa Coordinates: $30\,^{\circ}$ \cr Line 2 of map comment.\cr}}{}} Which works fine But I am trying to make the tex lots larger for a A00 survey so tried \def\maplayout{ \legendbox{0}{100}{SW}{ \comment{Projected elevation looking towards $15\,^{\circ}$ (up page on plan)} \size[40]\the\comment } Which works but the $s seem to make the text small and a different font, I think. Tried to remove the $s but to no avail. How do I make the degree symbol the correct size for my font? Andrew