Hello, please have a look at the following minimal example: \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \defineornament[Bildbeschriftung][alternative=b,preset=lefttop][style=sstf] %font assignement in style key don´t bleed through in layers \definelayer[deviation][width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, preset=lefttop] \setlayer[deviation][hoffset=\backspace,voffset=4cm, hoffset=1cm]{\Bildbeschriftung{This should be Sansserif Helvetica}{\externalfigure[cow][height=.4\textheight]}} \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \starttext \setupbackgrounds[page][background={deviation}] \Bildbeschriftung{This should be Sansserif Helvetica}{\externalfigure[cow][height=.4\textheight]}%here i get expected results (i.e. Helvetica) \stoptext is this normal behaviour or a bug? i use ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV best regards Bernhard