Also in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/5227/focus=5254 Save following line in m-xypic.tex %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %m-xypic.tex % \input xy \xyoption{all} \unprotect \appendtoks \xywithoption{tips}{\let\tipsize <at> <at> \bodyfontpoint}% \to\everybodyfont \protect \endinput %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% And in you tex file put before \starttext \usemodule[xypic] -- luigi ---------------------------------------------------------------- If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net