Re: [Freetype] apply transformation to get styles

[Davide Bozza]

Thanks a lot.
I will try now!

In the meantime I found your reply to same question on
19 Sept 2002, I am sorry for your waste of time I will
search better next time.

Davide


On Wednesday 28 July 2004 10:19 am, Dave Williss wrote:
> Draw the text twice.  Once where you want it and once one pixel
> to the right.  For large text sizes, you may need to repeat to get any
> noticeable boldness. This is what we do to get synthetic bold when a
> bold version of a font isn't available.
>
>  -- Dave Williss
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Davide Bozza" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 1:31 PM
> Subject: [Freetype] apply transformation to get styles
>
> > Dear all,
> > I have just subscribed to this list and I have a newbie question.
> >
> > I already read that with FreeType library styles (Italic, Bold) can be
> > simulated by transformations but while I found some examples for Italic
> > I haven't found examples for Bold.
> >
> > Have someone tried to get Bold from a normal font?
> > If yes can you give me an example of transformation matrix you use?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Davide
> >
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