Hi, This should work ok now in the current beta. \starttext \startuniqueMPgraphic{mytest} fill OverlayBox withcolor green ; draw textext("nested") xsized 8cm shifted center OverlayBox withcolor blue ; draw fullcircle scaled bbwidth(OverlayBox) withcolor red ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[mytest][\uniqueMPgraphic{mytest}] \startMPpage[offset=1pt] fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withcolor red ; draw textext("\framed[background=mytest]{bla}") ; draw textext("test 1.1") xsized 8cm rotated 45 withcolor white/2 ; draw textext("test 1.2") xsized 4cm rotated -45 withcolor white/4 ; \stopMPpage \startMPpage[offset=1pt] fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withcolor red ; draw textext("\framed[background=mytest]{bla bla}") ; draw textext("test 2.1") xsized 8cm rotated 45 withcolor white/1 ; draw textext("test 2.2") xsized 4cm rotated -45 withcolor white/2 ; draw textext("test 2.1") xsized 6cm rotated -30 withcolor white/3 ; draw textext("test 2.2") xsized 4cm rotated 30 withcolor white/4 ; \stopMPpage \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 -----------------------------------------------------------------