Hi, In the perspective of fancyfying context I made an alternative rendering for missing glyphs (and in the process also made the visualization italic and bold aware which is of course feature creepifying). \replacemissingcharacters \startbuffer \startlines[before=,after=] \strut {\tf test \char 12345\ test \char 12346\ test} \strut {\bf test \char 12345\ test \char 12346\ test} \strut {\it test \char 12345\ test \char 12346\ test} \strut {\bi test \char 12345\ test \char 12346\ test} \strut {test ὀ ρ φ α ν ῖ ο ς test} \stoplines \stopbuffer \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=2pt,strut=no] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[pagella] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[dejavu] \getbuffer \stopTEXpage \stoptext This is dedicated to Jano who wants to be able to search and these are proper glyphs (so one can search, assuming a sane viewer). It also fits the "new mechanisms should reduce code" bill, Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------