Hello, the \em statement being placed as the first command of a paragraph to flow around a \placefigure seems to SCRATCH the figure instead of to flow around (bug?). See the minimal example: --- \starttext \placefigure [left,none] {} { \startMPcode draw (0,0)--(6cm,6cm); \stopMPcode } 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 {\em 01234656789} 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 {\em 01234656789} 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 01234656789 \input tufte \stoptext --- Best regards Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038