What about this ? \usemodule[maps] \usemodule[visual] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setuplanguage[en] \definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2] \def\Tfx{\tfx\setupinterlinespace[line=2.5ex]} \starttext \startArticle [Year=2009, Number=xx, Period=xx, Page=1, Title={foo}, Author={Luigi Scarso}] \input knuth \blank \begingroup \Tfx \input knuth\par \starttyping function newCounter() local i = 0 return function() i = i+1 return i end end c1 = newCounter() print(c1()) --> 1 print(c1()) --> 2 c2 = newCounter() print(c2()) --> 1 print(c1()) --> 3 print(c2()) --> 2 \stoptyping \input knuth\par \endgroup \blank \input tufte \par \stopArticle \stoptext -- luigi