So if I understand what you're saying, that suggests you do have the capability for hyphenation somewhere in your system. What is your test file? Can you strip it to its barest form?
Here is the entire file. Luckily, it is very small. Thanks Paul % enable utf \enableregime[utf] % turn off automatic page numbering \setuppagenumbering[state=stop, way=bytext, alternative=doublesided] %\setupbodyfont[rm,12pt] %\setuplanguage[en][ state=start] %\language[en] %\setuptolerance[verytolerant] \starttext \setuppapersize[A4] % show frames so we can debug \showframe \definelayout[test][ backspace=50mm, cutspace=70mm, width=fit, ] % so it is always a good idea to use width=fit \setuplayout[test] \setupheadertexts[odd][][][even] Test\par % input text from another document \dorecurse{6}{\input tufte \par \input knuth \par} \stoptext -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry@iglou.com * ************************