( 2nd and last attempt: message didn't get through ) Thanks a lot Wolfgang. There's still something I don't understand though... Why does this not compile then ? -------- \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontRegular] [name:Times New Roman] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontItalic] [name:Times New Roman Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontBold] [name:Times New Roman Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontBoldItalic] [name:Times New Roman Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [myBodyFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [myBodyFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [myBodyFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [myBodyFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myBodyFont] \definetypeface [myBodyFont] [rm] [serif] [myBodyFont] [default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myHeadingsFont] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontRegular] [name:Arial] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontItalic] [name:Arial Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontBold] [name:Arial Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontBoldItalic] [name:Arial Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myHeadingsFont] \setups[font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [myHeadingsFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [myHeadingsFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [myHeadingsFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [myHeadingsFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myHeadingsFont] \definetypeface [myHeadingsFont] [ss] [sans] [myHeadingsFont] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myBodyFont] \usetypescript[myHeadingsFont] \setupbodyfont[myBodyFont,12pt] \definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFontRegular sa 1.728] %\setuphead[chapter][style=myChapterFont] % compile error at line 49 \setuphead[chapter][style=\myChapterFont] % compile error at line 49 \starttext \chapter{chapter test} % line 49 \section{section test} text test \stoptext ------- ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.10 08:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.10 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv lua : used config path - /opt/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf lua : used cache path - /opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/9d2177de8a31df158f21be632b7742b7 ) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded load otf | loading: /opt/context/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-regular.otf load otf | enhance: before load otf | enhance: enrich load otf | enhance: registering tlig feature load otf | enhance: registering trep feature load otf | enhance: flatten load otf | flattening 'specifications' tables load otf | flattening 'anchor' tables load otf | flattening 'gpos' tables load otf | flattening 'gsub' tables load otf | enhance: analyze load otf | enhance: after load otf | replacing 'kerns' tables by 'mykerns' tables load otf | enhance: patch load otf | enhance: strip load otf | enhance: pack load otf | file size: 107060 load otf | saving: in cache(test.tex ( snip: file too big ) load otf | loading: /opt/context/tex/texmf/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/timesbi.ttf load otf | warning: Warning: Glyph 257 is named middot which should mean it is mapped to Unicode U+00B7, but Glyph 194 already has that encoding. load otf | warning: Glyph 915 is called ".notdef", a singularly inept choice of name (only glyph 0 may be called .notdef) FontForge will rename it. load otf | enhance: before load otf | enhance: enrich load otf | enhance: registering tlig feature load otf | enhance: registering trep feature load otf | enhance: flatten load otf | flattening 'specifications' tables load otf | flattening 'anchor' tables load otf | flattening 'gpos' tables load otf | flattening 'gsub' tables load otf | enhance: analyze load otf | enhance: after load otf | replacing 'kerns' tables by 'mykerns' tables load otf | enhance: patch load otf | enhance: strip load otf | enhance: pack load otf | file size: 239692 load otf | saving: in cache (test.tuo) (test.tuo) systems : begin file test at line 47 define font | font with name myHeadingsFontRegular is not found define font | unknown font myHeadingsFontRegular, loading aborted ! Font \**myChapterFont**:=myHeadingsFontRegular at 20.736pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. <to be read again> \relax \dododefinefont ...ontspec {#2}\rawfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dosetfontattribute ...me #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi \empty \doplaceheadnumbertext ...bute {\??ko #1}\c!style \getvalue {\??ko #1\c!comm... \dodododoconstructhead ...{\finalsectionnumber }}} \writesection {#1}{#3}{#4}... l.49 \chapter{chapter test} ? ! Emergency stop. <to be read again> \relax \dododefinefont ...ontspec {#2}\rawfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dosetfontattribute ...me #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi \empty \doplaceheadnumbertext ...bute {\??ko #1}\c!style \getvalue {\??ko #1\c!comm... \dodododoconstructhead ...{\finalsectionnumber }}} \writesection {#1}{#3}{#4}... l.49 \chapter{chapter test} End of file on the terminal! ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! ------- Alan