Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:

Hallo!

\type{--mode} results in '-mode' (one minus eaten).

this is a bug in the ec fonts (for reasons unknown tt fonts have ligatures there); the ec vector + specs is pretty flawed and i wonder why it ever got popular; \usetypescript[modern][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[modern] \type{--mode --mode --mode} anyhow, it seems that some definition got lost in the occasional pdftex primitive renaming game ... add: \let\normalnoligatures\noligatures someplace and it should work ok with ec too 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------