Hello out there, I feel stupid: the following file runs fine on live.contextgarden.net (xetex engine) \font\myfont="Iwona-Regular" \myfont \starttext Hello world! \stoptext but not on my local installation: texmfstart texexec --xtx simple TeXExec | processing document 'simple' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file simple.top TeXExec | using randomseed 769 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) entering extended mode (./simple.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.3.30 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded ..... (/opt/context/current/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,dpx loaded ) ! Font \myfont=Iwona-Regular not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. <to be read again> \myfont l.2 \myfont Any clue what could cause the trouble? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net