Hi Wolfgang, would it be possible that \definefontfamily could load fonts directly (not defined in the font database), like \definefont? \definefont[Test][file:texgyrepagella-regular.otf at 10pt] \definefont[TestOne][file:texgyrepagella-regular-500.otf at 10pt] \definefontfamily [mainface] [rm] [Pagella] [tf={file:texgyrepagella-regular.otf}, bf={file:texgyrepagella-regular-500.otf}] \setupbodyfont[mainface] \starttext normal\\ \bf bold not working\\ \Test this works \TestOne this works \stoptext The second improvement would be to allow "method=uppercase" with \definefallbackfamily to be able to fake smallcaps (as used with \definefontfallback in https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/092878.html). Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk