Hi, sorry for digging out this old thread, but the bug still persists, try \starttext \type{-} : - \par % OK \type{--} : -- \par % missing \type{---} : --- \par % missing \tex{endash} : \endash \par % missing \tex{emdash} : \emdash \par % missing \type{\switchtobodyfont [11.99pt]} \switchtobodyfont [11.99pt] \type{-} : - \par % OK \type{--} : -- \par % OK \type{---} : --- \par % OK \tex{endash} : \endash \par % OK \tex{emdash} : \emdash \par % OK \stoptext My versions: ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.08 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.60.1-2010042821 linux-x86 I need no urgent fix, but maybe this should be solved in long-term. It's hard to figure out what's wrong in a larger document (and how to get a workaround) if you don't know. Marco