About How to use "bold" for Japanese font.

[elasoni]

Hello.

I'd like to use "bold" for Japanese font.
I execute the following sample code . But I was not able to output a "bold".

Is there anything wrong in the code or font ?

Language :C# VS2010
OS: Windows 7 Pro Japanese Edition
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public static void Title(int pdf, int page, double x, double y, string txt, double fsize)
{
int fntID = 0;
int res = 0;
res = PDFXC_Funcs.PXC_AddFontW(pdf, FW_BOLD , false, "MS Gothic" , out fntID);
if (IS_DS_FAILED(res))
return;

......

}
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Thanks.

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello elasoni,

Please make sure that your "pdf" is a pointer to a _PXCDocument.
Also are you getting any error codes as a result from the execution of PXC_AddFontW? Or does it return a non negative integer? (which would mean that the function succeeded)

Best,
Stefan

[elasoni]

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I checked "pdf" and the result code of PXC_AddFontW.
"pdf" ... pointer to a _PXCDocument :95748132
PXC_AddFontW ... It returns 0.

It seems to be fine.

But strings in the pdf was not changed to "bold" font.
It looks like "normal" font strings even though I set the FW_BOLD.

Is this a problem of font ?

Thank you.

[Ivan - Tracker Software]

I'm afraid problem is because there are no bold variants of this font, only regular.

[elasoni]

Is there anything alternative method to get the result of something like "bold" ?

[John - Tracker Supp]

Hi,

checked with our resident expert on fonts and he advises ...

To make a real Bold font from normal - the answer is no.

But there are at least two ways to

simulate

Bold:

1. Use Fill Stroketext rendering mode. Good for fonts like courier - with a constant line width.

2. Output the text several Times (usually 4) with very small offsets in both directions.

HTH.

[elasoni]

Thank you for your help.
Your advice was really useful.

I tried the first one - To Use Fill Stroketext rendering mode.
The way you told me was really good and it satisfied me very much.

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Great to hear that elasoni!

Cheers,
Stefan