Re: Bold font

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From: Odysseus
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 23:25

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Odysseus wrote:
> 
> The method least damaging to the original design would be to make a
> pseudo-extended font instance by stretching it horizontally. One way to
> do this is to use the "makefont" operator instead of "scalefont". For
> example to set up a 12-point font that's pseudo-extended by 25% you
> could write "[12 0 0 15 0 0] makefont" (or even "[12 0 0 12 1.25 mul 0
> 0] makefont") instead of "12 scalefont". The result will not be truly
> bold, but will have a 'thicker' appearance. Note that vertical elements
> will thicken but horizontal ones won't, and that slanted (italic or
> script) fonts will appear at a steeper angle than normal.
> 
Sorry, I'm a bit brain-dead today and got my coordinates in the wrong
order. The matrices above should (of course!) be [15 0 0 12 0 0] and [12
1.25 mul 0 0 12 0 0] respectively.

--Odysseus

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