Thanks for your reply........... On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Fredrik Lundh <fred...@pythonware.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Tejovathi P<tejovath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am pretty new to PIL.I am trying to create a font > > using ImageFont.truetype, specifying the font path and size. But if I > want > > to specify the font be *bold*, how do I do that? > > Any options other than creating a separate boldfont.ttf??? > > Bold and italic typefaces are usually separate designs from the > "regular" version, so TrueType/OpenType fonts usually consist of a > number of separate font files. > > PIL has no support for synthetic font manipulations (and there's > nothing built in to FreeType either, even if you can simulate some > styles using low-level outline transforms). > > </F> >
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