Yes, I agree with you. As far as the Xt Intrinsics are concerned Emacs*font-lock-comment-face.attributeForeground: turquoise4 Emacs*EmacsFrame.font-lock-comment-face.attributeForeground: turquoise4 should be identical with the only difference being the second one being slightly more specific. Given the uniqueness of the last two names I find it hard to believe there is a problem. Remember, it's better not to force the widget hierarchy on the user as that makes it impossible to change in the future. --pete