Hi, on my machine, viewed with various text-editors the two sym-lines are identical: \starttext \startitemize[width=25mm] \sym{i.\‚V.}in Verbindung% ERROR %\sym{i.\,V.}in Verbindung% NO ERROR \stopitemize \stoptext Nevertheless, the first one gives an error (see below), the second goes fine ... Is this reproducible via email + copy&paste ? Steffen ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> i.\‚V . \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \dolistitem ...itional \symbollistitem \symsymbol \else \doitemattributes \i... \complexdoitemgroupitem ...obreak \fi \dolistitem \relax \ifconditional \pac... <to be read again> i l.9 \sym{i.\‚V.}i n Verbindung% ERROR ?