Hi: > > @@ buying a copy of vista is not on my budget.... too expansive. > I will test this on GNU/Linux later.
The result on the same machine running 32bit GNU/Linux. \usetypescriptfile[zhfonts] \usetypescript[myfont] \setupbodyfont[myfont,rm,11pt] \starttext 你好 {\it 你好} {\bf 你好} \stoptext MtxRun | total runtime: 15.854 \synchronizemathfontsfalse \usetypescriptfile[zhfonts] \usetypescript[myfont] \setupbodyfont[myfont,rm,11pt] \starttext 你好 {\it 你好} {\bf 你好} \stoptext MtxRun | total runtime: 7.066 You are right, Hans. This is a XP specific problem. (Of course, 15.854s runtime is still a bit too long, but that's tolerable) Yue Wang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________