Re: [NTG-context] (fake) bold as font feature

On 03/26/2018 07:24 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 3/26/2018 4:55 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 3/26/2018 1:40 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

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Hans,

would it be possible to add a embold feature (similar to the slanted font feature) that fakes the bold font with \starteffect[both]...\stopeffect and it doesn’t strecht the font?

much is possible if i can motivate myself

Good to know in order to propose new features :-). Hm. Fake bold / slanted / small caps /<what ever> of a base font are dangerous, there is an high risk to compromise the legibility of the text (this is especially true nowadays with user consumer tablets 10" full hd ). A font is not only glyphs, but also kernings and hints and all these

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:02 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: things must match. As Knuth shown , the right way is to design from the beginning how each glyph should be transformed instead of apply to all the glyphs the same transformation (which is faster, this is sure). This is the key concept of metafont --- in my opinion better than the variable fonts . I am not saying that this impossible to do in context-mkiv ( *it is* possible: just see 5.3 Virtual fonts of the luatex reference) but in the end the result is the same of write the correct bold/slanted/small caps/<whatever> version of the base font . -- luigi