diff --git a/luametalatex-baseregisters.lua b/luametalatex-baseregisters.lua
index 79600f8..be12afd 100644
--- a/luametalatex-baseregisters.lua
+++ b/luametalatex-baseregisters.lua
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ end
 tex_variable(count_code, scan_int, 'suppressfontnotfounderror', 0)
 tex_variable(count_code, scan_int, 'outputmode', 1) -- The "traditional" default would be 0,
                                                     -- but we do not actually support that.
+tex_variable(count_code, scan_int, 'mag', 1000)     -- Let's hope that noone wants to use these
 tex_variable(count_code, scan_int, 'tracingscantokens', 0)
 
 tex_variable(dimen_code, scan_dimen, 'pageheight', 0)
diff --git a/luametalatex-meaning.lua b/luametalatex-meaning.lua
index e4ba49e..3b40ac6 100644
--- a/luametalatex-meaning.lua
+++ b/luametalatex-meaning.lua
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ local primitive_meaning = {
   lmlt.primitive_tokens.relax,
   lmlt.primitive_tokens.meaning,
 }
+local call_cmd = token.command_id'call'
 lmlt.luacmd("meaning", function()
   local peeked = token.peeknext()
   token.put_next(primitive_meaning)
   token.skipnextexpanded()
-  if peeked.parameters == 0 then
+  if peeked.parameters == 0 or (peeked.command == call_cmd and not peeked.parameters) then
     local stash = ''
     if peeked.protected then
       if token.scankeywordcs'protected' then
diff --git a/luametalatex-nodewriter.lua b/luametalatex-nodewriter.lua
index 80848ab..cde5fc3 100644
--- a/luametalatex-nodewriter.lua
+++ b/luametalatex-nodewriter.lua
@@ -626,12 +626,14 @@ vf = {
 }
 function nodehandler.glyph(p, n, x, y, outer, x0, level, direction)
   if getfont(n) ~= p.vfont.fid then
-    p.vfont.fid = getfont(n)
-    p.vfont.font = font.getfont(getfont(n)) or font.fonts[getfont(n)]
+    local fid = getfont(n)
+    p.vfont.fid = fid
+    p.vfont.font = font.fonts[fid]
   end
   local f, fid = p.vfont.font, p.vfont.fid
   local cid = getchar(n)
-  local c = f.characters[cid]
+  local c = f and f.characters
+  c = c and c[cid]
   if not c then
     texio.write_nl("Missing character")
     return
@@ -704,8 +706,10 @@ function pdf.write(mode, text, x, y, p)
     topage(p)
     p.strings[#p.strings + 1] = text
   elseif mode == "direct" then
-    if p.mode ~= page then
+    if p.mode < page then
       totext(p, p.font.fid)
+    elseif p.mode > page then
+      topage(p)
     end
     p.strings[#p.strings + 1] = text
   elseif mode == "origin" then