Hans,

This file will produce the problem:
\enableregime[mac]
\mainlanguage[en]

\usetypescript[lmodern][\defaultencoding]
\starttypescript[serif][default][size]
   \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][rm][default]
   \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][mm][default]
\stoptypescript

\setupbodyfont[lmodern,rm,10.5pt]

\usemodule[ancientgreek] 
[font=GreekDioxipe,scale=2.15,altfont=GreekCanonica,altscale=0.9]

\setupfootnotes 
[conversion 
=numbers,way=bytext,location=page,rule=on,bodyfont=9.5pt,style=normal]
	
\starttext
This Greek should be scaled at 2.15 its design size
\localgreek{>'alfa ka`i b~hta}

This is more sample text.%
\footnote{This is a sample footnote}
\stoptext

Alan

On Feb 24, 2009, at 08;28,26 , Hans Hagen wrote:

> Alan Bowen wrote:
>> Thomas, Luigi—
>> Thanks for tips: they are much appreciated.
>> As it turns out, I had already reinstalled ConTeXt 2008.11.10 21:40  
>> using TimeMachine.
>> What is distressing is that the problem remains. I can either set  
>> an article with LM and Greek without proper scaling for the Greek  
>> or set the article with LM and proper Greek  but without the  
>> footnotes (arithmetic overflow).
>> In the first case, I have
>> \usetypescript[lmodern][\defaultencoding]
>> \starttypescript[serif][default][size]
>>  \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][rm][default]
>>  \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][mm][default]
>> \stoptypescript
>> and in the second
>> \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][rm][default]
>> \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][mm][default]
>> There is no problem with other text fonts, by the way.
>
> in order to solve this (not sure what the problem is) we need small  
> test files (since i never use greek i have no clue otherwise)
>
> Hans
>
>
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