Thank you for the tips. Here, I cleaned up the code some more (sorry to have left stuff over last time),. I added some explanations to make my issue clearer \startusableMPgraphic{myFrame} draw OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor green; draw (currentpicture enlarged 2cm) withcolor red withpen pencircle scaled 2pt; \stopusableMPgraphic \defineoverlay[myOverlay][\useMPgraphic{myFrame}] \defineframedtext[myStatement][frame=off] \setupframedtexts[myStatement][background=myOverlay,offset=overlay,autowidth=force] \starttext \framed[strut=no]{\startmyStatement FIRST TEST\stopmyStatement} In the first test, I would like the black box to have the dimensions of the red box. \blank[big,big,big,big,big,big,big,big,big,big] \placefigure[left,none]{}{\startmyStatement SECOND TEST\stopmyStatement} In the second test, I'm going to demonstrate the issue by flowing text around the framed text, the green color {\em and the red color} shouldn't touch the flowing text as I want the float box to include the text box {\em and the overlay box.} Best regards, Olivier