Synthesized bolding in PostScript

Question

When generating a PDF file I preceed text with something like: "0.46 w 2 Tr" in order to make text in a normal font look bold.

It works just fine in a PDF file but I would like to be able to do the same thing in a PostScript file. Is there any operator or construct of any sort in PostScript that will accomplish this?

Thanks,

Allan.

Helge Blischke · Accepted Answer

There is no such simple means to achieve this effect in PostScript. You need to do it using a PostScript procedure

like this:

/emulate_bold

{

gsave

1 index show % paint the string by filling

currentpoint % save position at the end of the string

4 2 roll

grestore

gsave

setlinewidth

false charpath stroke

grestore

moveto % move to the end of the string

}bind def

It is to be used like follows

(Symthesized )show (bolding) 0.46 emulate_bold ( in PostScript)show

to achieve

Synthesized bolding in PostScript

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