Hi, I get different results when I compile the following file using mkii and mkiv. See the attached pdf output. I am using (I know, I need to update) mpost -v = MetaPost 1.005 (Web2C 7.5.5) context --version = 2008.06.22 17:38 \setupcolors [state=start] \starttext \startMPpage z.1 = (-1cm, 0) ; z.2 = ( 1cm, 0) ; z.3 = (0, -1cm) ; z.4 = (0, 1cm) ; path p[] ; p.1 := z.1 -- z.2 ; p.2 := z.3 -- z.4 ; draw p.1 ; draw p.2 withpen pencircle scaled 3bp withcolor white ; draw p.2 ; \stopMPpage \stoptext Aditya