I noted that context seems to be most reluctant to hyphenate. So I ran a test file through plain tex, pdftex and Context and checked the results. Context hyphenated less than the other two. The manual does not say much about hyphenation. I am using a fresh TeXLive install. Here is the top part of the log----------------------------------------------- This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 2004.12.28) 28 DEC 2004 17:14 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en hypph.tex (./hypph.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.11.17 fmt: 2004.12.28 int: english mes: english language : language en is active Here is the test file-------------------------------------------- \hsize 2in \input knuth.tex \bye It seems to act as if the hyphenation dictionary weren't here. If I put in a discretionary hyphen Context will use it. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf