All, Doesn't look like drawarrowpath accepts options, as advertised in the metafun manual. Comments? \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \usetypescriptonce [map] [times,helvetica,palatino] [texnansi] \usetypescriptonce [serif] [times] [name,texnansi] \usetypescriptonce [sans] [helvetica] [name,texnansi] \usetypescriptonce [palatino] [texnansi] \setupbodyfont [palatino,10pt] \startbuffer[mpenv] \startMPenvironment \usetypescriptonce[map][times,helvetica,palatino][texnansi] \usetypescriptonce[serif][times][name,texnansi] \usetypescriptonce[sans][helvetica][name,texnansi] \usetypescriptonce[palatino][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[palatino,10pt] \definefont[RotFont][RegularBold] \stopMPenvironment \stopbuffer \definefont[RotFont][RegularBold] \getbuffer[mpenv] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startlinecorrection[blank] \startMPcode visualizepaths ; path p ; p := (0cm,1cm)..(2cm,2cm)..(4cm,0cm)..(2cm,1cm)..cycle ; drawarrowpath p withcolor .625red ; draw p shifted (7cm,0) dashed withdots withcolor .625yellow ; \stopMPcode \stoplinecorrection \stoptext On the other hand, drawpath does seem to accept options. \startlinecorrection[blank] \startMPcode visualizepaths ; path p ; p := (0cm,1cm)..(2cm,2cm)..(4cm,0cm)..(2cm,1cm)..cycle ; drawpath p withcolor .625blue withpen pencircle scaled 2pt ; draw p shifted (7cm,0) dashed withdots withcolor .625yellow ; \stopMPcode \stoplinecorrection