Dear ConTeXt folks,


I am trying to format the title page for a diploma thesis. Looking at
the Wiki most of the title or cover pages just have the title centered
and maybe a subtitle right below [1].

        \starttext
        \definemakeup[titlepage][align=middle]
        
        \starttitlepagemakeup
        {\definedfont[Serif at 20pt]University}
        \blank[big]
        {\definedfont[Serif at 20pt]\sc Institute}
        \vfill
        {\definedfont[Serif at 20pt]Diploma thesis}
        \blank[big]
        {\definedfont[Serif at 30pt] \setstrut \strut Interesting topic}
        \vfill
        by John Doe
        \stoptitlepagemakeup
        \stoptext

1. Is using `\blank` the recommended way to format the page? Or is using
boxes and placing them manually “better”?

2. Looking at the output it is not centered exactly and a little bit to
the left. Why is this the default? Does anyone know? Looking at the
manual [2] in chapter page design (p. 29, screen version) this seems to
be the backspace value. Is there an easy way to center it according to
the whole paper width? Additionally I would have guessed it to be more
on the right when glueing or trussing up(?) (German binden) the pages.


Thanks and I am sorry for the sleight off-topic second question,

Paul


[1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Cover_Page
[2] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf