TouchGFX: Make Font Bold

[KMew]

Hello,

I am trying to make text bold using the TouchGFX Designer. I am using 4.20.0 at the moment.

Is this something that is possible? 

I am trying to look for options, but I am not having any luck.

[Peter BENSCH · Accepted solution]

A bold font must be integrated as an additional font. The changed width of the characters can be problematic, which can lead to an unsuitable typeface. TouchGFX is not a full-blown graphics system like on a correspondingly more complex Linux/Windows/MacOSX/etc. system.

Does it answer your question?

Regards
/Peter

[KMew]

Hello Peter,

To maek sure I understand, are you proposing that I add another .ttf or .otf file for a certain font type, but all the letters in that font are already bold?
For example, .ttf file 1 would be Arial

.ttf file 2 would be Arial Bold

Is that correct?

[Peter BENSCH]

That is exactly my suggestion.

However, I recommend paying close attention to the license conditions for fonts. The fact that you are allowed to use an Arial font on your Windows computer does not automatically give you the right to use the font outside of Windows, e.g. on embedded systems. If you do this anyway, it can be very expensive for you.

Either purchase a license for such fonts or use open source fonts, e.g. from fonts.google.com, which you can store in the asset folder together with the license conditions.

Good luck!
/Peter