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Using Brock Script and cannot get it to be bold.

Asked by Donna Edwards

Have selected text. Went up to the B and selected to bold. Did not work.
Have also slected text and used control B to bold. Did not work. Need this to match
another project done by someone else.

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Best pbhj (pbhj) said : 		#1

Often the bold version of a font is distributed as a separate file ... in which case Inkscape can't bold the text. Some programs will make a mock bold when one doesn't really exist (Openoffice.org does I think) so ability to bold in other applications won't necessarily tell you if the bold is available to the operating system (and hence to Inkscape).

You can use Path > Outset (or Path > Dynamic Offset) to make your own mock bold - this will convert the text into a path so make it the last action you do once you've got the text right.

I use Path > Outset and edit using the XML view to change the amount of Outset as I find this a more precise method than dragging the Dynamic Offset handle. If this last para means nothing to you ignore it and use the method above.

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Donna Edwards (hoopitupok) said : 		#2

Thank you very much for the information. It worked great and was very simple. It is so nice to be able to get help on questions like this. Again, thanks.

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pbhj (pbhj) said : 		#3

Thank you Donna.

I'm a happy user of Inkscape and as my programming skills aren't all-that instead I try and lend a hand here.

Cheers.

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