Hi, is italic correction still supported with MkIV because in the following example the second sentence has the same length as the first.
% engine=pdftex \starttext \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic} word.} \the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox\par \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic\/} word.} \the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox \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 ___________________________________________________________________________________