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Hi all!

Please help me to clarify following concepts:

- What is the difference between \setupbodyfont and 
  \definebodyfont ? How do they relate to each other?

- What does an argument with multiple sizes mean? 
  e.g. in: 
  \definebodyfont [14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt,8pt,7pt,6pt,5pt] 
		  [ss] 
		  [default]

  What does "default" mean?

- What is a bodyfont-environment?

- What's the difference between 
  \definebodyfontenvironment [12pt]
                        [ text=12pt, script=9pt, scriptscript=7pt,
                          x=10pt, xx=8pt,        
                          big=12pt, small=10pt]  
  and simple 
  \definebodyfontenvironment [24pt]

- What's the difference between \definefontsynonym and 
  \definefont? Both allow building aliases, but the 
  latter also allows scaling, right?

I'm sorry for this rather stupid questions, but any answer 
could help me to gain further insight. 

Thx in advance!
Peter