Hi Hans, after reading the relevant part for italic correction in fonts-mkiv.pdf and enabling it in my documents, I have found a case in which the italic correction could be improved. My settings are: \definefontfeature[default][default][itlc=yes] \setupitaliccorrection[global,always] If I get it right, the italic correction should be avoided before points and commas (these are all the exceptions I can imagine for this case). The explanation is simple: the space is already at the base line, since at the glyph base, the inclination of the italic or slanted glyph makes the right side-bearing larger at the baseline. The issue with italic correction is mainly with ascenders or at the cap height, but I think it isn’t at the base line (or the descenders). Because of that I think it is important to disable italic correction before points and commas. The sample shows the issue: \setuppagenumbering[location=] \definefontfeature[default][default][itlc=yes] \setupitaliccorrection[global,always] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] Abf. {\em Abf}.\\ Abf, {\em Abf},\\ Abf. {\it Abf}.\\ Abf, {\it Abf}, \stopTEXpage \stoptext I think it might be worth considering. Many thanks for your help and your excellent work, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk