Hello, Hans replied to me long ago (Sun Apr 3 23:03:54 CEST 2005):

Gilles Pérez-Lambert wrote:

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With the example attached at the end of the mail (and that can be try on http://live.contextgarden.net), the page on which the font change occurs (be it the size or a new font) is moved up and the page is shorter... Is there a way to say that some text (here the items) are not to be aligned on the grid because they are smaller (or bigger)?

% Example:

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no body font switching in column sets (yet) Hans

Is it possible now? :-) Thanks, Gilles.