On 31.01.2007 11:32:09 Chris Bowditch wrote:
> Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> 
> > Just for those technically interested how this effect would be done in
> > PDF, here's an example:
> > 
> 
> <snip what="very useful PDF snippet"/>
> 
> > 
> > I think the key value here is the use of "2 Tr" which gives each glyph a
> > border of a certain width which makes the font appear "bold". So if
> > anyone wants to implement something like that, here's the template. :-)
> 
> Very interesting. Thanks for the tip. The main drawback of course being 
> that it only works for PDF :(

Well, similar effects can be achieved in PostScript, Java2D and PCL.
Don't know about AFP, though. But this has to be implemented separately
for every renderer.

> <snip/>



Jeremias Maerki


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