I just noticed the recent issue brought up regarding \underbar, and wanted to mention a curiosity that I have come across. After "RE: " the underbar is contiguous. However, if we change it to "Re: " there is a break in the underbar. This seems independent of font selected, althought I have only tried it was gentiumalt, texgyreschola, texgyretermes. I was writing a business letter recently and used what I think is proper, "Re: ", for the subject line. It was only then that I came across this. Is there an explanation for this? On a slight tangent, what would be the best way to tighten up the space between the "\hl" or "\fillinline" alternative, and the name of the signatory? Thanks. MWE: \setuppapersize[letter] \setuplayout[header=0in,footer=0in,topspace=0.75in,height=9.5in,backspace=1.5in,width=5.5in] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[texgyretermes] \setupbodyfont[roman,12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=3.2ex] \setupwhitespace[big] \starttext \ \blank[2in] 12 Sep 2013 \blank[big] Dear Sir/Madam, \blank[big] \startalignment[middle] \underbar{RE: Something important that I am writing about} \underbar{Re: Something important that I am writing about} \stopalignment \blank \input lorem \blank[1in] \hl[10] B. C. Def\crlf 123.456.7890 \stoptext -- ---- Pavneet Arora m: 647.406.6843 Waroc Informatik t: 416.937.9276