Cannot Bold a Font in Xara

Hi

Can anyone please help. Why is it that I am unable to bold a font in Designer Pro X? I can bold the same font family in Microsoft word but not in Designer Pro X.

I have selected "Bradley Hand ITC" font and want some of the text to be in bold. I tested to see how it looks using word and was happy with it but when I tried to replicate it in Xara....guess what it just would not allow me to do so. Message the font does not offer bold and italic variant. I tried checking the net there is no bold variant either. But how is it I am able to bold this font in Microsoft word???

Look forward to some clarity on this issue?
Best Rgds
Kish

Kish, probably because MS Word fakes it.

You can fake it in the Xara Desktop application too.

For Print documents, just add a Line width of 0.5px or as effective for your font size.
This will not show in Web documents though.

It is a bit more messy for Web documents.

Create a Character Style and name it 'bold'.
As a Character Style will not hold a Line width, give the 'bold' style an underline and a strikethrough for good measure.
Create a CSS block of

Code:

---

<style>
.bold {
  font-weight: bolder;
  text-decoration: none;
}
</style>

---

and add to Website Body (code).

To handle both Web and Print at the same time could probably be handled with an @media CSS statement but I have not gone that far yet.

Acorn

There is a separate bold TTO version available: https://www.fontsplace.com/bradley-h...-download.html.

Bold or Regular, it is a very unfriendly font for reading prose.

Acorn

Dear "Acorn"

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply. Much appreciated.

The link you provided to get the bold version did the job. It was exactly what I wanted. I tried searching for this before I posted my query but was not successful. Thanks a lot save my day! Magic!

No need to fake it or insert the CSS code. I must agree it is unfriendly font ...but I only need it for a small portion of a text in some of the pages.

Once thank alot...hoooha! =D>

Best Rgds
Kish