I can't say for sure, but I believe this isn't a fontconfig issue. I
know from hacking around with the freetype code that the emboldening
function adds extra width to the artificially emboldened glyphs.
Various programs/kits that implement this may account for that, and
others not. For precisely this reason I disable the extra advance width
in the emboldening function in my freetype patches. If you want to try
them out, they are available at http://www.infinality.net/ .
You might also be interested in this version of Inconsolata at Google:
http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/source/browse/inconsolata/
The nice thing about this version is that it has Truetype instructions
in it, unlike other versions floating around. It looks *fantastic* with
my patches. ;) They have a bold and italic variant too, however I
don't recommend them because the hinting is not as good as the standard
face. In fact, in my fontconfig files I specifically use artificial
emboldening on Inconsolata because it just looks better.
Here's a screenshot of gedit, using Inconsolata with my patches. Notice
the artificially emboldened "TRUE" and "FALSE". Same width as the others.
http://www.infinality.net/files/gedit-inconsolata.png
On 01/13/2012 04:34 PM, Fabio Mancinelli wrote:
Hi everybody,
I am having some problems with Inconsolata emboldening (and with any
other monospace font that doesn't have a native bold variant)
The problem is that emboldening works fine in applications like
gnome-terminal or x-chat (all characters have the same width), but not
in others gEdit, Eclipse (bold characters have bigger widths).
To show what I am talking about you can look at this screenshot:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/inconsolata.png/
Could you tell me if there is a way to make gEdit and Eclipse render
embolden fonts like gnome-terminal?
Thanks,
Fabio
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