Sorry I've been away a while, figuring stuff out. It absolutely wasn't a monospaced font that I was using. I'm still getting used to Qt Designer and didn't see the expandable item under 'font' where I could easily select another font. I felt pretty stupid when I saw it. My program output the contents of my data file perfectly once I selected a fixed pitch font.
Thanks a lot for the replies. I didn't know how long to wait, since I'm new around here, and I kind of gave up. I got some good info from you guys anyway. Thanks. You'll probably be hearing from me pretty regularly, since I'm in the process of learning Python and PyQt simultaneously. Glen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
