XeTeX ⇒ How to get a bold math colon :?

[user49915]

Feeding

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\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmathfont{TeX Gyre Termes Math}
%\setmathfont[BoldFont=XITSMath-Bold.otf]{XITSMath-Regular.otf}%%% Same effect
\begin{document}
\(:\symbf{:}\mathbf{:}{\boldmath :}\)
\end{document}

to xelatex gives us

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As you see, all four colons are completely the same up to the amount of horizontal white space in between. Any way to get a bold colon in math mode? (Of course I know you can do it with \textbf{:} inside math, but is there a possibility not to escape into text mode?)

[kaiserkarl13]

This is because of the unicode-math package. I think it's because the font doesn't include it, and unicode-math doesn't let TeX fake it. The following code does work, but your math font doesn't:

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\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\(:\mathbf{:}\boldsymbol{:}\)\boldmath{\(:\)}
\end{document}

[user49915]

but your math font doesn't

Thx! Any other Times-clone for maths for xetex/lualatex, perhaps?

[kaiserkarl13]

Does txfonts work?

[user49915]

Does txfonts work?

txfonts is not an OpenType font and quite dated...