Hi, I have a bunch of similar graphics on a 7x7 where some lines have exceptions for the endings and connections. - When a line ends in one of the four corners the line end has an angle of 45 degrees. - When a line takes a turn the outer corner results also in a 45 degree angle. - Single points always use straight endings. - Lines which end outside of a corner end with a straight line. While I can get the desired result which a filled path I'm looking for a solution where I have to set fewer control points. The example below shows the simpler draw alternative where I need only a start and end point versus the outline alternative where I need at least twice as many points to get the desired output. \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{draw} draw hlingrid(0, 7, 1, 7, 7) withpen pencircle scaled 1/20 shifted (0.5,0.5) withcolor "darkgray" ; draw vlingrid(0, 7, 1, 7, 7) withpen pencircle scaled 1/20 shifted (0.5,0.5) withcolor "darkgray" ; pickup pensquare scaled 1; drawoptions(withcolor "red"); draw (1,7) -- (7,7) ; draw (1,1) -- (3,1) -- (3,5) ; draw (7,3) -- (5,3) -- (5,5) -- (7,5) ; draw (7,1) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{fill} draw hlingrid(0, 7, 1, 7, 7) withpen pencircle scaled 1/20 withcolor "darkgray" ; draw vlingrid(0, 7, 1, 7, 7) withpen pencircle scaled 1/20 withcolor "darkgray" ; drawoptions(withcolor "green"); fill (0,6) -- (7,6) -- (6,7) -- (1,7) -- cycle ; fill (1,0) -- (2,0) -- (3,1) -- (3,5) -- (2,5) -- (2,1) -- (0,1) -- cycle ; fill (7,2) -- (5,2) -- (4,3) -- (4,4) -- (5,5) -- (7,5) -- (7,4) -- (5,4) -- (5,3) -- (7,3) -- cycle ; fill (6,0) -- (7,0) -- (7,1) -- (6,1) -- cycle ; \stopuseMPgraphic \startcombination[2*1] {\scale[s=10]{\useMPgraphic{draw}}}{draw option} {\scale[s=10]{\useMPgraphic{fill}}}{fill option} \stopcombination \startoverlay {\scale[s=10]{\useMPgraphic{draw}}} {\scale[s=10]{\useMPgraphic{fill}}} \stopoverlay \stoptext Wolfgang