Hi, please have a look at this: \definestartstop[redimportant][before={\startcolor[red]\bf\penalty10000\hskip\zeropoint},after={\/\stopcolor}] \starttext This is normal, but this\startredimportant one\startfootnote at least \stopfootnote is bold\stopredimportant style. This is normal, but this\startredimportant one\startfootnote at least \stopfootnote is bold\stopredimportant. This is normal, but this\startredimportant{} one\startfootnote at least \stopfootnote{} is bold\stopredimportant{} style. This is normal, but this\startredimportant{} one\startfootnote at least \stopfootnote{} is bold\stopredimportant. \stoptext Is the missing \autoinsertnextspace back in the meantime? Or does someone has a good substitute ... other then {} braces? Steffen