best disable the regular kerning: \starttext \definedfont[Serif*none] % no kerning \hsize 2.38888888889in \kerncharacters[0.125] THIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008 TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON DEMAND ON AUGUST 14, 2011 \kerncharacters[0.250] THIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008 TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON DEMAND ON AUGUST 14, 2011 \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------