Ok...I can't take it anymore. I laugh every time I read it (I just have one of those minds). I think there's a really big difference between "Mating and Framing" and "Matting and Framing". :) Hehehe ... anyway, from what I've heard, the camp that gos with pencil does so mainly because the light grey of the pencil kind of blends in. It's not as noticable as black ink and therefore it doesn't draw attention from the composition of the photo. So I guess what they are saying is that having a signature in ink could lead the eye to the signature disturbing the way your eye would normally travel through the photo. I have no idea what is the right or wrong way; or if there even is a right or wrong way. Hehehe...he said "mating". :) -=>Donald