Did you build the first cross-section with the letters, then resize the front cross-section? If so then the letters were shrunk along with the rest of it at the front, making a funnel shape. It's hard to see into the small end of a funnel. Try making the basic cross-section, then re-size the front, then add the letters to the back, and then copy/paste them to the front so they are the same size on both cross-sections. Then do the compounding. I think that this would eliminate the letters getting smaller in the front, and you could bevel them(labouriously!) in the vertex modeler, something you couldn't do if you used the transarency option. Hopefully, C3 will include an EASIER method of beveling. (Do you hear us Antoine? PLEASE??!!) You should be able to attach a .car file here at R'osity. just use the "Attach file" option below, and browse to the file. After you download to your computer, (if your on a PC,) then change the file extension from .txt back to a .car and open. I've done it for this message. (I hope it works! ;>) Hope this helps! Good luck!