Hello, there is some collision between columnset and layer. See following example: ----------------------------------------------------- \newdimen\tgrX \newdimen\tgrY \tgrX=3cm \tgrY=2cm \starttext \startcolumnset \definelayer[tgr-cow][position=no,corner=top] \setlayer[tgr-cow][x=.0\tgrX,y=.0\tgrY,location=middle]{O}% \framed [width=fit,height=fit,offset=none, background={foreground,tgr-cow},frame=off] {\externalfigure[cow][width=\tgrX,height=\tgrY]}% \stopcolumnset \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------- I got the error: ! Bad character code (361). <recently read> \@@layerboxtgr-cow I am a bit puzzled by strange error message. If the columnset is commented, the code is proceeded as expected. Vit