[Konsole-devel] [Bug 87240] New: Bold font versions are not used to render bold text, instead the standard font is rendered wider

[Martin]

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           Summary: Bold font versions are not used to render bold text,
                    instead the standard font is rendered wider
           Product: konsole
           Version: 1.3.2
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: mp26 os inf tu-dresden de


Version:           1.3.2 (using KDE KDE 3.2.3)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

I have a font family comprising at least a normal and a bold version of the font.  In the font selection dialog all version can be selected and are used correctly by konsole.

However, if I choose the normal version I would expect the bold version to be used for bold text (like in man pages or if exlicitely switched on via escape sequences).

Konsole does *not* use the bold version, but instead renders my normal font twice, with a horizontal offset of one pixel.  This looks like bold, but the original bold font version is much nice.

Proposed solution: Just use bold font version directly if they are available.  Maybe this should be configurable.