Remove texmf-var/web2c/cont-en.fmt after applying this patch. --- ORIG/cont-usr.tex 2004-11-27 08:35:06.000000000 -0800 +++ cont-usr.tex 2005-02-25 14:18:16.000000000 -0800 @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ \doiffileelse{ushyph.tex} {\definefilesynonym[ushyphen.tex][ushyph.tex]} +{\doiffileelse{hyphen.tex} {\definefilesynonym[ushyphen.tex][hyphen.tex]} {\doiffileelse{ushyph1.tex} {\definefilesynonym[ushyphen.tex][ushyph1.tex]} {\doiffileelse{ushyph2.tex} {\definefilesynonym[ushyphen.tex][ushyph2.tex]} - {\definefilesynonym[ushyphen.tex][ukhyph.tex]}}} + {\definefilesynonym[ushyphen.tex][ukhyph.tex]}}}} %D In order to get 8 bit characters hyphenated, we need to load