Hey, it's rude, but it worked:=20 log.warn("kludging reportlab's font-finding ability...") import reportlab.rl_config as rl_config rl_config.T1SearchPath =3D \ (r"d:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Resource\Font",) \ + tuple(rl_config.T1SearchPath) Where would it be most appropriate to hack in some registry checks so we = can find Adobe wherever it sits?=20 Regards, Garth.