I think that the letter class should have some additional features: The letter style I use is from_address date to_address [Dear Foo Bar,] <body> signature whereas the LaTeX letter style puts the from_address to the right, and the to_address, if present, somewhere else. In addition, the LaTeX style has a strange text formatting, which really is an emulation of a style used for mono-spaced fonts (like when using a typewriter), namely, no paragraph indent with an empty line signifying a new paragraph instead.-- Once upon the time, when typeset letters were a novelty, it might have been suitable to emulate this, but nowadays, it appears at least that one should have easy access to a normal typeset look. Of course, I have written a style file overriding these LaTeX defaults, but I think that these simple features should easy to choose. In addition, with new version of LaTeX, one must maintain the style overrides. So I suggest that one has the following commands \address[<just>]{<name>} -- <just> = l | c | r, left, center or right adjust \date[<just>]{<date>} -- <just> = l | c | r -- When date & address are adjusted the same, one should possibly be able to decide which one is above. \CornyLaTeXTypewriteEmulation & \NormalTypeset modes for the text body. -- Possibly a way to decide where to put the to_address field. \signature[<pict>]{<name>} -- When the optional field is present, <pict> takes the place of the space allocated for the handwritten signature. -- The signature could also be left, center or right adjusted. I have never seen the center adjustment, but the left adjust exists, perhaps influenced from email and the like. Hans Aberg