why use math here?
It was to avoid oldstyle figures that I use by default. But finally it's better to use oldstyle figures even in tables. Another question about fonts. Is there a way to define a conditional mathcommand based on the current alternative style? For instance, in the following example I would like to keep the bold effect but with adaptation to the local alternative style (in text mode, when the local alternative style is \tf I would like the mathcommand to be \bf, when it is \it I would like \bi, when it is \bf I would like \bf and when it is \bi I would like still \bi): \starttext \definemathcommand[cool]{{\bfmath cool}} text mode normal: \cool\crlf text mode italic: {\it \cool}\crlf text mode bold: {\bf \cool}\crlf text mode bolditalic: {\bi \cool}\crlf \stoptext