Hi- I've modified d.barscale to accept a background color of "none". If people like it I can put it into CVS, let me know. If you'd like to test it, you can find the code here: http://bambi.otago.ac.nz/hamish/d.barscale.tgz see wish 1764: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=1764 regards, Hamish