Thanks, Hans. That works perfectly.

Best, Alan


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
On 5/6/2014 1:51 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:
In the following:

\definefallbackfamily[mainface][serif][IFAO Grec Unicode]
[range={02BB-1D513}]

\definefontfamily[mainface][serif][Tex Gyre Termes][]

\setupbodyfont[mainface,10pt]

\defineinitial[Greek]
[location=margin,
font={Regular sa 3},
n=2,
distance=-1em,
hoffset=1.25em]

\starttext

\placeinitial[Greek]Διὰ τί του ἡλίου Διὰ τί του ἡλίου Διὰ τί του ἡλίου
Διὰ τί του ἡλίου Διὰ τί του ἡλίου Διὰ τί του ἡλίου Διὰ τί του ἡλίου Διὰ
τί του ἡλίου

\blank

\placeinitial[Greek]Ⲇιὰ τί του ἡλίου Ⲇιὰ τί του ἡλίου Ⲇιὰ τί του ἡλίου
Ⲇιὰ τί του ἡλίου Ⲇιὰ τί του ἡλίου Ⲇιὰ τί του ἡλίου Ⲇιὰ τί του ἡλίου Ⲇιὰ
τί του ἡλίου

\stoptext

the first \placeinitial works but the second does not. I can get both if
I make IFAO Grec the main font and Termes the fallback. But then I will
lose italics and so forth. Are there some keys or values that I have missed?

the first drop comes from termes .. here is a solution

\definefontsynonym[DropFont][name:IFAO Grec Unicode]


\definefallbackfamily[mainface][serif][IFAO Grec Unicode][range={02BB-1D513}]

\definefontfamily[mainface][serif][Tex Gyre Termes][]

\setupbodyfont[mainface,10pt]

\defineinitial[Greek]
  [location=margin,
   font={DropFont sa 3},
   n=2,
   distance=-1em,
   hoffset=1.25em]



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