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

On Thu, 29 May 2008 00:32:34 -0800, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

> 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.

No it's not another font but the "straight" version of the font "boldened"
algorithmically.

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

This wouldn't work well because the program would have to search for a
font that looks very similar to the chosen one and has a bold version. 
Very unlikely for any given font that differs a bit more from the standard
ones.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch