Hi,

Adding \hfill\break to the short line solves the issue, but probably there is a better way to achieve the correct result.

\setupinitial[n=2]

\setuphead[chapter][
  after={\placeinitial},
  page=no,
]

\starttext
\chapter{one}
Kermit Ruffins \hfill\break % <---

Meet me at the second line.

\chapter{two}
\input knuth

Meet me at the second line.
\stoptext


Best regards: Otared

> On 13 Jun 2023, at 04:43, Thangalin via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
> 
> I'm using KeenWrite Themes (specifically, Boschet) to typeset a chapter wherein the first letter is a lettrine. When the first paragraph is too short, the second paragraph overlaps the lettrine.
> 
> % SOT
> \setupinitial[n=2]
> 
> \setuphead[chapter][
>   after={\placeinitial},
>   page=no,
> ]
> 
> \starttext
> \chapter{one}
> Kermit Ruffins
> 
> Meet me at the second line.
> 
> \chapter{two}
> \input knuth
> 
> Meet me at the second line.
> \stoptext
> % EOT
> 
> Produces: https://i.stack.imgur.com/kNDqw.png <https://i.stack.imgur.com/kNDqw.png>
> 
> How would you instruct ConTeXt to "protect" the lettrine such that regardless of whether the first paragraph spans multiple lines, a short first paragraph will still prevent the second paragraph from overlapping the lettrine?
> 
> That is, the setups should work in both cases, without any knowledge about the first paragraph length being added between \starttext and \stoptext.
> 
> ConTeXt LMTX version: 2023.06.04 18:58
> 
> Thank you!
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