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Making Fonts Bold

Josh Kinsey
Is there anything in Prince that will allow me to make a font bold when the font being used is a True Type font that doesn't have a bold version in the font?
I've got a client who wants to use Franklin Gothic Medium but since Windows ships with Franklin Gothic Medium and Franklin Gothic Medium italic, but no Franklin Gothic Medium Bold, I can't display any bold text while using that font. Internet Explorer 'cheats' and displays Franklin Gothic Medium as bold text when I use the font-weight: bold; tag, but Prince displays the font as normal.
I've tried setting the font-weight to a numeric value: 700, but the text still displays at a normal weight.
mikeday
Prince 7.0 will support synthesized bold fonts when they are lacking, but please keep in mind that this will never look as good when printed as having a real bold font.
Josh Kinsey
That'll work for me, thanks!