Dear all, The following code which is borrowed from MetaFun manual is working nicely. %%%%%% \setupMPvariables[outlineT][tt="Hello"] \startuseMPgraphic{outlineT} draw outlinetext.b (\MPvar{tt}) (withcolor .5white) (withcolor .625blue withpen pencircle scaled .2pt) scaled 3 ; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{outlineT} \stoptext %%%%%%%% However, the next example is not working(without \setupMPvariables[]). %%%%%%% \startuseMPgraphic{outlineT}{tt} draw outlinetext.b (\MPvar{tt}) (withcolor .5white) (withcolor .625blue withpen pencircle scaled .2pt) scaled 3 ; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{outlineT}{tt=“Hello”} \stoptext %%%%%%%% So, the trial to use above code for chapter title as following didn’t work either. %%%%%%%% \startuseMPgraphic{outlineT}{tt} string tt; draw outlinetext.b (\MPvar{tt}) (withcolor .5white) (withcolor .625blue withpen pencircle scaled .2pt) scaled 3 ; \stopuseMPgraphic \define[1]\myTest{\useMPgraphic{outlineT}{#1}} \setuphead[chapter] [textcommand=\myTest, numbercommand=\myTest, number=yes] \starttext \startchapter[title={First chapter}] Chapter \stopchapter \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%% Is there any way to make it work? thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung