Hello, This is perhaps *related* to what Alan Bowen reported. Not the same, since I don't get compilation errors. Here's a MWE. See explanation of bad behavior below. \setupdirections[bidi=global,method=one] \definefont[Ar][dejavusans*arabic] \setupfootertexts[\setups{L}][\setups{R}] \startsetups L %\setupdirections[bidi=on,method=one] %\setupdirections[bidi=local,method=one] \Ar%left چپ \stopsetups \startsetups R %\setupdirections[bidi=on,method=one] \Ar%right راست \stopsetups \starttext Test \stoptext 1. The right footer is placed over the left footer. 2. There's no problem if I replace the RTL text of right footer with an LTR text. 3. Left footer's text does not get proper RTL treatment. Perhaps *this* is the change of behavior introduced in the past year. My guess is that RTLed footers are moved to the other side. 4. If I use bidi=local or bidi=on in the preamble, RTL treatment is applied to neither footer. I can't seem to turn on RTL via setupdirections inside the (left) footer. How does one do that? Thanks, MHB