Re: Nice way to do Bold

[Alexei Podtelezhnikov]

On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 12:01 PM Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>
> > I have pushed a new method to do terminal bold that seems to work
> > well. See screenshot.
> >
> > Basically I use a brightness of 7/8th for non-bold, and for bold a 1
> > pixel shadow of 13/16ths brightness. After hours of experimentation
> > that seems to provide the best results for all fonts.
> >
> > This is much more pleasing than the method of doubling-rendering the
> > font 1 pixel to the left.
>
> Looks good to me, thanks for showing.
>

To be honest, I don't understand why he doesn't use blending with
gamma correction. It is not like an area of active research and
debate.