\switchtotypeface [Custom] [10pt]
\setupheader[style={\switchtotypeface[Custom][12pt]}]
\setupfooter[style={\switchtotypeface[Custom][12pt]}]
+\setupfootnotes[style={\switchtotypeface[Custom][10pt]\italic},way=bypage]
% Hide header texts and use the header space for text.
\setuphead[chapter][header=high]
% Force a page break so the headers will not apply to the last page of
% the contents. This page break would otherwise be inserted by the
% upcoming \chapter.
-\page[right]
+\page[emptyright]
% Set up a simple header and footer for the introduction
\setupheadertexts[{\getmarking[chapter]}]
\setupfootertexts[pagenumber]
\input Chapters/Introduction
+% The stopfrontmatter inserts a non-empty right page, it seems
+\page[emptyright]
\stopfrontmatter
\startbodymatter
% Set up a fancy header and footer for the normal chapters. We need to
\stopbodymatter
\startbackmatter
\completepublications
+% The stopbackmatter inserts a non-empty right page, it seems
+\page[emptyright]
\stopbackmatter
\stoptext