Again, from playing with footnote examples on the Wiki. \starttext {\bfd This is text\footnote{And a footnote.}.} This is text\footnote{With a footnote.}. \stoptext The footnote symbol shows up appropriately sized for normal text, not for the extra-large text. (It is boldface, though.) On the other hand, in chapter headings, the opposite problem occurs -- the footnote is too large. Note, in the following example, that the footnote in the chapter heading is a good bit larger than the x-height of the neighboring font, whereas the footnote in the ordinary text is a little bit smaller than the x-height of the neighboring font. \starttext \chapter{This is a chapter\footnote{And a footnote.}.} This is text\footnote{With a footnote.}. \stoptext - Brooks