> 	 <xsl:template match="text()">		<!-- in the 
> text node the
> replacement of characters with font tags is done-->
> 		 <xsl:choose>
> 			<xsl:when test="not(string(.))" />	
> <!-- test if
> textcontent is empty -->
> 		<xsl:otherwise>
> 			<xsl:call-template name="find_char1"  >		
> 			Some more stuff ...
> 			</xsl:otherwise> <!-- end textcontent 
> is not empty
> -->
> 		  </xsl:choose>		
> 	</xsl:template>

Incidentally, when I see a template rule whose body consists entirely of an
xsl:choose, my preference is always to split it into one rule for each
branch of the choose:

<xsl:template match="text()[not(string(.))]"/>

<xsl:template match="text()[string(.)]">
  <xsl:call-template name="find_char1"  >
  Some more stuff ...
</xsl:template>

This would also fix the priorities...

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/