Re: Newbie Needs Help, Please! -- another one

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_666@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Wed, 28 May 2008 11:57:36 -0800, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
>>>
>>>Most word processors fake missing bold and italic versions of fonts.
>>
>> Which means they are not available!
>
>Maybe it's an language issue, English isn't my mother tongue.  If I have
a
>"straight" version of a font but no bold one, then it's still possible to
>write bold text in most word processors.

Sure, but not with that particular font!  It isn't
available... :-)

>So a (faked) bold version is
>available within the word processor.  Or how do you define "available"!?

A "fake" font is a substituted similar font that does
have a bold or italic definition.

There is some bold font available when you select that
font, but it is not *that* font!

-- 
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]