Hi Hans, the two argument version of the \symbol commands needs an additional branch to support the new symbol mechanism which is used with fontawesome. \unprotect % \def\symb_place_normal_a[#1][#2]% %   {\edef\currentsymbol{#2}% %    \ifcsname\??symbol#1:#2\endcsname %       \symb_place_indeed{#1:#2}% %    \else %      \symb_place_normal_c %    \fi} \def\symb_place_normal_a[#1][#2]%   {\edef\currentsymbol{#2}%    \ifcsname\??symbol#1:#2\endcsname       \symb_place_indeed{#1:#2}%    \else\ifcsname\??symboldefault#1\endcsname       \symb_place_named{#1}%    \else      \symb_place_normal_c    \fi\fi} \protect \usesymbols[fontawesome] \starttext % doesn’t work untill you set fontawesome as global symbolset \symbol[fontawesome][thumbs_down_alt] \setupsymbolset[fontawesome] \symbol[thumbs_up_alt] \stoptext Wolfgang