XeTeX ⇒ Bold doesn't work with custom font

[sombrancelha]

Hello,

I've installed Kristen ITC font and I'm using it on my document.

However, I cannot get bold faces in XeLaTeX. But in other programs I can. With system fonts it works correctly, but for all personal fonts, it doesn't.

This is my preamble:

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[brazil]{babel}
\usepackage[vmargin=5.5cm,hmargin={3.5cm, 4.6cm},columnsep=0.75cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx,color}
\usepackage{fontspec}

\setromanfont{Kristen ITC}

How can I get it working?

Thank you.

[localghost]

It seems that this font does not provide bold faced characters.


Best regards
Thorsten

[sombrancelha]

I wrote on OpenOffice.org Writer with this font with bold.

[localghost]

Unfortunately you don't provide a minimal example for somebody willing to install the font and test it. A second look on your preamble shows some lines that don't work with Xe(La)TeX.

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\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}

Especially the font package is out of place. Take a look at the xltxtra package and try more settings explained in the fontspec manual.

[frabjous]

I looked at the font. It definitely doesn't have bold characters. Most likely OpenOffice, etc., are doing "fake bold".

You can create fake bolds in XeLaTeX using the method described on p. 13 of the fontspec documentation.

Text {\addfontfeatures{FakeBold=1.5}Fake Bold Text}

change FakeBold=1.5 to a greater or lesser number depending on how dark you want it.