2011/3/18 luigi scarso > also > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Framed > A very interesting read. I changed my macro to: \define[2]\Citation{ \blank \startframedtext[middle][ align=middle, background=color, backgroundcolor=lightgray, corner=round, rulethickness=2bp ] {\bf #2} \blank[small] \rightaligned{\it #1} \stopframedtext \blank } This results in an even more pleasing effect. (In my opinion.) -- Cecil Westerhof