Hi Bruce
I just need to tell ConTeXt to use a different font (MinionPro-Regular-FN-8y.tfm, which I am naming MinionPro-FN) for the footnote marker, and not to raise and shrink it (since the font has superior figures)....
I believe that \stupfootnotes should have all possibilities you need: \setupfootnotes[..,..=..,..] conversion numbers characters Characters romannumerals Romannumerals way bytext bysection location page text columns high none rule on off before command after command width dimension height dimension bodyfont 5pt ... 12pt small big style normal bold slanted boldslanted type cap small... command distance dimension columndistance dimension margindistance dimension n number numbercommand \command#1 split tolerant strict verystrict number ..=.. see p 206: \framed Willi