Hi, there is a typo in the following command. \def\place_initial[#1]% todo: optional text {\par \begingroup \edef\currentinitial{#1}% \begingroup \useinitialcolorparameter\c!color \ctxlua{typesetters.paragraphs.droppers.set { location = "\initialparameter\c!location", enabled = true, n = \number\initialparameter\c!n, distance = \number\dimexpr\initialparameter\c!distance, hoffset = \number\dimexpr\initialparameter\c!hoffset, voffset = \number\dimexpr\initialparameter\c!voffset, ma = \the\attribute\colormodelattribute , ca = \the\attribute\colorattribute , ta = \the\attribute\transparencyattribute }}% \stopluacode \endgroup \begingroup \doifelsenothing{\initialparameter\c!style} {\definedfont[\initialparameter\s!font]} - {\initialstyleparameter\c!style}% + {\useinitialstyleparameter\c!style}% \ctxlua{typesetters.paragraphs.droppers.freeze()}% \endgroup \endgroup \setparagraphspecial[1]% \namedinitialparameter{#1}\c!before} Wolfgang