Am 21.12.2014 um 22:45 schrieb j. van den hoff
: I guess your context version is too old because the current version in the standalone installation of context shows the italic and bold styles.
I use
mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2014.05.21 22:04
do you have any idea whether this already is 'too old'? if it is: is it recommendable to actually install standalone context beside/instead of the version included in texlive? (I mean, if the actual goal is to write some documents rather than diving deep into context for its own sake ;-))
Yes this version is too old, you need a context from august or later. Wolfgang