a size 72 font on a 112x106 avatar... ummm, wqell, one letter should take up about 10 of them avatars... make sure of several things, like the colour of the font, that the font is properly installed, that you're putting the font on the uppermost layer, and that (at that size) the font itself has no antialiasing on it (meaning sharp, smooth or crisp, set the value to none instead). at that size bro, your font shouldnt be any bigger than 10 or so, and even then....