> but I'm already stumbling about the next thing. while playing around with
> some nice fonts I also tried out `optima' (like palatino by h. zapf).
> so that is what I see:
> 
> mtxrun --script font --list --all --name --pattern=*optima*
> 
> optima             optimaextrablack   /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  0
> optimablack        optimaextrablack   /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  0
> optimabold         optimabold         /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  3
> optimabolditalic   optimabolditalic   /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  1
> optimaextrablack   optimaextrablack   /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  0
> optimaitalic       optimaitalic       /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  2
> optimanormal       optimaitalic       /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  2
> optimaregular      optimaregular      /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc   index:  4
> 
> then, when using, e.g.,
> 
> \definefontfamily [mainface] [serif] [Optima]
> \definefontfamily [mainface] [sans]  [Optima]
> \definefontfamily [mainface] [mono]  [dejavusansmono] [scale=0.865] %dejavumono/optima x-height ratio
> \definefontfamily [mainface] [math]  [TeX Gyre Pagella Math]
> \setupbodyfont[mainface,11pt]
> 
> neither \it nor \bf (italic and bold) variants are working in the body text (but are just rendered
> in the regular \rm font).

I guess your context version is too old because the current version in the standalone
installation of context shows the italic and bold styles.

Wolfgang