Dear gang, Here's an interesting one, attached and below: ======= \setuphead[chapter] [alternative=normal] \setuphead[subsection][alternative=text] \setuphead[subsection][criterium=local,distance=0em,sectionstopper=.] \starttext \startchapter[title={First},reference={}] \startsubsection%[title={First}] \input ward \stopsubsection \startsubsection%[title={Second}] \input ward \stopsubsection \stopchapter \startchapter[title={Second},reference={}] \startsubsection%[title={}] \input ward \stopsubsection \startsubsection%[title={}] \input ward \stopsubsection \stopchapter \stoptext ======= Our subsections do not have titles. The space between the subsection numeral and the text is too large, even with distance=0em Negative distances don't behave well - toggle lines 4 and 5. What can we do to control the space between numeral and text? Thank you in advance. Best wishes Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid, Professor Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80512