Many thanks for this suggestion, Hans. {\small} works well. 

I look forward to the next beta.

All best, Alan

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

On 5/27/2017 2:51 PM, Alan Bowen wrote:

The problem persists with  ConTeXt  ver: 2017.05.25.

So, I wonder, is there something that I should fix at my end? Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

hopefully fixed next beta (not sure of side effects)

in the meantime you can do this before starttext:

{\small}


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