Hi, I try to reproduce the figure as faithfully as possible. I tried for the rounded corners to put the key corner = round, but it does not work. Thanks for your help. Fabrice \usecolors[xwi] \definecolor [prune] [r=1.29,g=.20,b=.83] \starttext \setupframed[frameletter][corner=round,align=normal] \startMPcode draw outlinetext.f ("\framed[frameletter]{A}") (withcolor darkred withpen pencircle scaled 1/10) rotated 5 xsized 2cm ; draw outlinetext.f ("\framed[frameletter]{L}") (withcolor green withpen pencircle scaled 1/10) rotated -5 xsized 2cm shifted (2cm,0); draw outlinetext.f ("\framed[frameletter]{E}") (withcolor \MPcolor{blueviolet} withpen pencircle scaled 1/10) rotated 5 xsized 2cm shifted (4.5cm,0); draw outlinetext.f ("\framed[frameletter]{A}") (withcolor \MPcolor{prune} withpen pencircle scaled 1/10) rotated -5 xsized 2cm shifted (6.5cm,0); \stopMPcode \stoptext