I am experiencing an odd behavior switching text styles in a defined startstop group ("blockquote"). I get different behavior depending on whether the switchtobodyfont in the startstop definition includes the dummy {\it } and {\bf } text. If they are not there, the italic and boldface switches in the second blockquote revert to the gyreschola body font of the main text; but this only happens if there is an earlier blockquote with no style changes. This is with: $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.03 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44 mtx-context | main context file: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44 Do I need a newer version of ConTeXt, or am I doing something wrong? Fonts in ConTeXt are always perilous, alas. For me, anyway. \definefallbackfamily[story][serif][notoserif][range={greekandcoptic,greekextended},force=yes] \definefontfamily[story][serif][TeX Gyre Schola] \definefontfamily[story][sans][modern] \definefontfamily[story][mono][modern] \definefontfamily[story][mm][TeX Gyre Pagella Math] \setupbodyfont[story,11pt] \definestartstop[blockquote] [ before={ \blank \startnarrower \setupwhitespace[2pt] \setupindenting[none] \switchtobodyfont[termes]{\it }{\bf }% This is so weird. Put a comment marker after [termes] for a different result }, after={ \stopnarrower \blank \indenting[next]}, ]% \starttext \chapter{Testing} \input ward \startblockquote \input knuth \stopblockquote \input zapf {\it This is what Italic letters look like.} {\bf And these are bold.} \startblockquote This is what it said, in {\it Italic} and {\bf bold} letters: \bgroup \it\noindent This is what Italic letters look like here. \egroup \bgroup \bf\noindent This is what Bold letters look like here. \egroup \stopblockquote \stoptext