try this: \starttext
\setupcolors[state=start] \definedfont[SansBold at 35mm] \baselineskip 0pt % switch off the space between the stripes \lineskip 0pt \def\MyLogo{\vbox{\hbox{\CONTEXT}\null}} % null is necessary for the whole bounding box \def\Number{30} \dorecurse{\Number}{\definecolor[Col:\recurselevel][c=0,m=\ctxlua{tex.print(\recurselevel/\Number)},y=1,k=0]} \dorecurse{\Number}{ \clip[ny=\Number,y=\recurselevel]{\color[Col:\recurselevel]\MyLogo} } \hbox{\dorecurse{\Number}{\clip[nx=\Number,x=\recurselevel]{\color[Col:\recurselevel]\MyLogo}}} \stoptext (With the help of Taco, Piotr and Wolfgang - thanks!) Have fun! Hraban ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________