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Rich,

Thanks for you long note.

I realize I have been working against the "Java way", but I don't have a
choice.  Let me explain what I am up to.

My app is a kind of calculator.  The user enters an expression in the
jTextField and then, in a jTable positioned directly above the jTextField,
and having its columns aligned with the characters of the field (one column
per character), the app "parses" the expression.  (The main task is to
diagram the way in which the parentheses in the expression are "nested").

The original DOS version of this app was a "natural" on the old character
screen.  I have created a Delphi version which works too, but I want to move
the app to the web, and, as you have seen, I am having a devil of the time.

I don't really care much about the font so long as I can force the
characters in my expression into a series of equal width "cells" and adjust
the width of the app to accomodate 50 cells.  I know how to draw a string
like this using a character iterator, but I don't know how to get jTextField
to draw like that.  Any suggestions?

thanks,

James