Hi, I uploaded a beta with an experimental mkiv feature: fallback fonts. \starttext \definefontfallback [whatever] [Slanted] [0x0060-0x007F] \definefontfallback [whatever] [Bold] [0x0080-0x00FF,0x00A0-0x00AF] \definefontfallback [whatever] [BoldSlanted] [0x00C0-0x00C7] \definefontsynonym[SerifPlus][Serif][fallbacks=whatever] \definefont[MySerif][SerifPlus] \MySerif \dostepwiserecurse{0}{255}{1}{% {\tttf\uchexnumbers\recurselevel:}\char\recurselevel\hskip10pt plus 5pt\relax } \stoptext specifications like [Bold sa 1.2] also work Future versions will provide multiple fallbacks, conditional fallbacks etc. For insiders ... no virtual fonts are used which means that that in principle features still work ok. BTW, In this beta OSFONTDIR is set automatically when unset, on windows (tested by me) and on macosx (tested by mojca); other platforms can be dealt with when we know what to set. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------