With the following code I get 1. Teil foo § 1 1 bar i baz but I need 1. Teil foo § 1 A. bar I. baz I cannot get the needed information from the wiki and the documentation. \def\PartNo#1{#1.\,Teil} \def\ChapterNo#1{§ \headnumber[part] \determineheadnumber[chapter]\currentheadnumber} \def\SectionNo#1{\determineheadnumber[section]\romannumeral\currentheadnumber} \setuphead[part][number=yes,after=\blank,numbercommand=\PartNo, style={\tfc\ss\bf},placehead=yes] \setuphead[chapter][before=\blank,after=\blank,conversion=Characters, numbercommand=\ChapterNo, continue=yes,style={\tfb\ss\bf}] \setuphead[section][conversion=Romannumerals, numbercommand=\SectionNo,style={\tfb\ss\bf}] \starttext \part{foo} \chapter{bar} \section{baz} \stoptext Herbert