Hi Mojca, Sorry for the late reply. I was travelling extensively. Now I am trying to pick up this thread again -- here's the text source I used (with your latest suggestion) and the error produced (see line 100) -- still the same problem I think :-( 1 \starttypescript[serif][eco] 2 \definefontsynonym[Serif] [Eco-Regular] 3 \definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [Eco-Bold] 4 \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [Eco-Italic] 5 \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic][Eco-BoldItalic] 6 \stoptypescript 7 8 \starttypescript[serif][eco] 9 \definefontsynonym[Eco-Regular] [name:Eco101Roman][features=default] 10 \definefontsynonym[Eco-Bold] [name:Eco301Bold][features=default] 11 \definefontsynonym[Eco-Italic] [name:Eco102Italic][features=default] 12 \definefontsynonym[Eco-BoldItalic][name:Eco302BoldItalic][features=default] 13 \stoptypescript 14 15 \starttypescript[eco] 16 \definetypeface[\typescriptone][rm][serif][eco][default] 17 \stoptypescript 18 19 \usetypescript[eco] 20 \setupbodyfont[eco] 21 22 \starttext 23 normal text, {\bf bold text}, {\em italic text} and {\bi bolditalic text}. 24 \stoptext 1 TeXExec | processing document 'hello.tex' 2 TeXExec | no ctx file found 3 TeXExec | tex processing method: context 4 TeXExec | TeX run 1 5 TeXExec | writing option file hello.top 6 TeXExec | using randomseed 13 7 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex 8 TeXExec | tex format: cont-en 9 This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.997 (Web2C 7.5.6) 10 \write18 enabled. 11 file:line:error style messages enabled. 12 entering extended mode 13 (./hello.tex 14 15 ConTeXt ver: 2008.01.16 13:49 MKII fmt: 2008.1.21 int: english/english 16 17 language : language en is active 18 system : cont-new loaded 19 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex 20 systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex 21 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii) 22 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) 23 system : cont-old loaded 24 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex 25 loading : Context Old Macros 26 ) 27 system : cont-fil loaded 28 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex 29 loading : Context File Synonyms 30 ) 31 system : cont-sys.rme loaded 32 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme 33 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) 34 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) 35 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex) 36 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex)) 37 bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded 38 language : patterns nl->ec:ec->1->2:3 fr->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->ec:ec->3->2: 39 3 it->ec:ec->4->2:3 pt->ec:ec->5->2:3 hr->ec:ec->6->2:3 pl->ec:ec->7->2:3 cz->e 40 c:ec->8->2:3 sk->ec:ec->9->2:3 sl->ec:ec->10->2:3 ru->ec:ec->12->2:3 en->ec:ec- 41 >13->2:3 uk->ec:ec->14->2:3 us->ec:ec->15->2:3 agr->ec:ec->16->2:3 da->ec:ec->1 42 7->2:3 sv->ec:ec->18->2:3 af->ec:ec->19->2:3 no->ec:ec->20->2:3 deo->ec:ec->21- 43 >2:3 es->ec:ec->25->2:3 ca->ec:ec->26->2:3 la->ec:ec->27->2:3 ro->ec:ec->28->2: 44 3 tr->ec:ec->29->2:3 fi->ec:ec->31->2:3 hu->ec:ec->32->2:3 loaded 45 specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded 46 system : hello.top loaded 47 (./hello.top 48 specials : loading definition file dpx 49 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-dpx.tex 50 specials : loading definition file fdf 51 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex 52 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) 53 specials : fdf loaded 54 ) 55 specials : fdf,dpx loaded 56 specials : loading definition file xet 57 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-xet.tex) 58 specials : fdf,dpx loaded 59 ) (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) 60 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) 61 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex) 62 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex) 63 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) 64 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) 65 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex) 66 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex) 67 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) 68 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) 69 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex) 70 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex) 71 (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) 72 (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) 73 (./hello.tuo) (./hello.tuo) 74 systems : begin file hello at line 22 75 fonts : resetting map file list 76 fonts : using map file: original-base 77 fonts : using map file: lm-math 78 fonts : using map file: lm-rm 79 fonts : using map file: texnansi-base 80 fonts : using map file: ec-base 81 fonts : using map file: qx-base 82 fonts : using map file: t5-base 83 fonts : using map file: 8r-base 84 fonts : using map file: original-ams-base 85 fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler 86 fonts : using map file: original-public-lm 87 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex 88 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-def.mkii)) 89 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex 90 loading : Context Sorting Macros (languages) 91 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1] 92 systems : end file hello at line 24 93 system : cont-err loaded 94 (/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex 95 systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead 96 stdin -> hello.pdf 97 98 [1 99 100 ** ERROR ** Invalid font: -1 (0) 101 102 103 104 Output file removed. 105 106 ) ) 107 (see the transcript file for additional information) 108 Output written on hello.pdf (1 page). 109 Transcript written on hello.log. 110 TeXUtil | parsing file hello.tui 111 TeXUtil | shortcuts : 169 112 TeXUtil | expansions: 308 113 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 114 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 115 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 116 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 117 TeXUtil | commands: 21 118 TeXUtil | programs: 0 119 TeXUtil | tuo file saved 120 TeXExec | runtime: 2.352912