On 2013–05–20 Sander Maijers wrote:

> What is the most straightforward way to print a percent symbol
> inside the argument to \type{} (or, if necessary, more generally:
> monospace type)

I'd say the most straightforward way is using \asciimode:

\starttext
  \startlines
    \mono{foo \% bar}
    \mono{foo \letterpercent\ bar}
    \asciimode
    \mono{foo % bar}
  \stoplines
\stoptext

Marco

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