On 15 Sep 2004, at 13:09, Mari Voipio wrote: BTW, thank you for the tip, both of you - if I ever have to write Old Norse again, I know which program I'll use for it... Mari (originally majoring in Scandinavian languages, now just a nerd) 0000,0000,0000NEVER! Dear Mari, Thank you very much! The magic worked! I am using this: \setupoutput[pdftex] \usetypescript[adobekb] [\defaultencoding] %this is the magic! \setupbodyfont[pos] \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \starttext Howth {\em H\k{o}f\eth i} / {\em H\k{o}f\eth a} \stoptext Thanks, Charlie ************** Charles Doherty, Early Irish History, School of History, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland Telephone +353 1 7168381