Hello,
I would like to ask you about the algorithm which emboldens medium fontsto produce bold ones when no corresponding bold font is available or provided. Is is part of the mlterm code, or does it belong to some X font library?
Since it works by reduplicating pixels to the right and glyphs which have different width parity than the character cell tend to be shifted towards the right side more often than not, the resulting bold glyph will extend even more towards the right.
I suggest, if possible, to add an option which alters the algorithm by shifting the resulting glyph 1 pixel leftwards (i.e. reduplicating pixels to the left) to preserve balance and prevent frequent overpassingof the character cell bounds.
Another issue is the emboldening of semigraphic/block characters (specifically those in the 2580-299F range), which leads to distortion and loss of detail on the shades.I think these should not be touched by the algorithm at all. Can it be done?
Regards,
Andi Şerbănescu
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