> > > >> May be ConTeXt experts would have better suggestions, till then you > >> may want to look at the fake bold option in simplefonts -> >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simplefonts#Faking_italics_and_bold_fonts
> > > > Thanks for your advice.> > Unfortunately I did not manish to work with this font by simplefonts. I use the following simple setup:
> > > > > > \definefont[arabic][file:bliblablup_0.ttf*arabic at 15pt] > > \definefontfeature[fakebold][extend=1.1] > > \definefont[arabic][file:<fontname>*arabic,fakebold at 15pt] > > > \starttext > > \arabic\setupalign[r2l] ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ > > \stoptext > >> > How can I get these "fake bolds" with this setup? Or is it absolutely necessary to use Simplefont for these fake-bolds?
> > The feature is unrelated to simplefonts. > > Wolfgang
Thanks Wolfgang, but that does not seem to work with this font. See attachment, the font is wider, but not bold.
++++++++++++++++ \definefont[arabic][file:bliblablup_0.ttf*arabic at 15pt] \definefont[arabics][file:bliblablup_0.ttf*arabic at 15pt] \definefontfeature[fakebold][extend=1.2] \definefont[arabic][file:bliblablup_0.ttf*arabic,fakebold at 15pt] \starttext \arabic\setupalign[r2l] ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ \blank\arabics\setupalign[r2l] ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ \stoptext ++++++++++++++++ Huseyin
fake-bold-arabic_context.pdf
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