Hi, Some new magic in the beta ... \setupbodyfont[pagella] \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupalign[tolerant] \definefirstline [fancy] [alternative=line, color=darkred, style=\setfontfeature{smallcaps}] \setfirstline[fancy] \input tufte \par \setfirstline[fancy] \input ward \par \setfirstline[fancy] \input knuth \par \setfirstline[fancy] \input bryson \page \definefirstline [fancy] [alternative=word, color=darkblue, style=bold, n=2] \setfirstline[fancy] \input tufte \par \setfirstline[fancy] \input ward \par \setfirstline[fancy] \input knuth \par \setfirstline[fancy] \input bryson \page \stoptext (Actually, it was rather old magic that I found back in an "early days of mkiv" file). Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------