cheap man's boldface? via overstrike?
ivo welch
boldface. Is there a macro that overstrikes each character in its
argument, just a little bit to the side, so as to give it a bolder
impression?
help appreciated. regards, /iaw
Scott Pakin
> hi: I have a font (lucida casual) that appears not to come in
> boldface. Is there a macro that overstrikes each character in its
> argument, just a little bit to the side, so as to give it a bolder
> impression?
Yes. amsmath provides a \pmb ("poor man's bold") macro that does
exactly that. I don't know how well it works in text mode, though.
-- Scott
ivo welch
> ivo welch wrote:
>
> Yes. amsmath provides a \pmb ("poor man's bold") macro that does
> exactly that. I don't know how well it works in text mode, though.
>
> -- Scott
Hi Scott: it works, but rather poorly for my font. (A better policy
would be to go back, overstrike a little bit up, go back, overstrike a
little bit left, go back, overstrike a little bit right, go back,
overstrike a little bit down. Defining a little as an arbitrary
length would be even better.) Worse, it cannot break across lines.
So, it does not even help to modify it.
I guess I will have to look at modifying ulem.sty next.
regards,
/ivo
Rowland McDonnell
> Scott Pakin <pa...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > ivo welch wrote:
> >
> > Yes. amsmath provides a \pmb ("poor man's bold") macro that does
> > exactly that. I don't know how well it works in text mode, though.
> >
> > -- Scott
>
> Hi Scott: it works, but rather poorly for my font. (A better policy
> would be to go back, overstrike a little bit up, go back, overstrike a
> little bit left, go back, overstrike a little bit right, go back,
> overstrike a little bit down. Defining a little as an arbitrary
> length would be even better.)
You might like to take a look at my eurofont package (on CTAN) - it uses
a hexagonal overstrike arrangement that produces much better results
than \pmb. I've optimized it (i.e., hacked things unmercifully,
unsubtly, and brutally in my usual `voodoo programming' fashion) for
euro symbols in particular circumstances, but you might be able to do
something useful with it.
> Worse, it cannot break across lines.
That'll be the problem with any simple TeX-end bold fakery. If you want
fake emboldening that'll break across lines, you'll have to do it at the
vf stage or later; or use clever tricks thought up by a TeX wizard.
> So, it does not even help to modify it.
>
> I guess I will have to look at modifying ulem.sty next.
Might not be a bad idea.
Rowland.
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> ivo welch <ivo....@anderson.ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> You might like to take a look at my eurofont package (on CTAN) - it uses
> a hexagonal overstrike arrangement that produces much better results
> than \pmb.
I agree. I've used hexagonal overstrike (understrike, really)
with ulem.sty to get "outlined" text.
> > Worse, it cannot break across lines.
well, ulem and hexagonal overstrike will do that bit. Much better
to find a real bold font though :-)
Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca
Donald Arseneau
I didn't notice the ulem/pmb connection in this thread before,
but you can find postings that use ulem.sty to make a pmb "halo"
around the chracters. It could easily use black instead.
OK, based on
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=10APR199715511703%40reg.triumf.ca
(which seems to have the hexagon distorted)-:
\def\pmbtext{\bgroup
\U...@pixel.008em \let\UL@leadtype\@empty
\let\UL@putbox\UL@pmbbox \ULon}
\def\UL@pmbbox{\ifx\UL@start\@empty \else % not inner
\vrule\@width\z@ \LA@penalty\@M
\kern-2\UL@pixel\copy\UL@box\kern-\wd\UL@box
\kern \UL@pixel\raise1.73\UL@pixel\copy\UL@box\kern-\wd\UL@box
\lower1.73\UL@pixel\copy\UL@box\kern-\wd\UL@box
\kern 2\UL@pixel\raise1.73\UL@pixel\copy\UL@box\kern-\wd\UL@box
\lower1.73\UL@pixel\copy\UL@box\kern-\wd\UL@box
\kern \UL@pixel\copy\UL@box\kern-\wd\UL@box
\kern-2\UL@pixel\box\UL@box
\fi}
Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca