Hi, are ligatures etc. supposed to be active in verbatim commands? In the default \type command they are only disabled because \tt has “features=none” in the typescripts but since this isn’t the case for serif and sans you get ligatures.
\definetype[test][style=\rm] \starttext \type{fi -- ---} \test{fi -- ---} \stoptext Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________