Hello, Since I've not found the answer yet, I repost the problem: I need some text with background, that can break across lines. But the background must not touch the background of the next line! \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext inframed does not allow linebreaks: \def\Bla{\inframed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt, location=keep]{% FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS}} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} And textbackground does not allow to seperate the backgrounds of 2 lines: \definetextbackground[TG][backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt] \def\Bla{\starttextbackground[TG]FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS% \stoptextbackground} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} \stoptext Could anybody help please? TIA for any hints! Cheer, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/