How to set bold variants?

[The_Mickster]

I’ve made regular and bold variants of a font and marked the tick box in the metrics tab of format / settings. The two versions have the same name but for the word ‘bold’ but what have I missed as the bold one does not appear as bold when I use the font?

[ErwinDenissen]

Bhikkhu Pesala just added a post to this topic that should help:

Frequently Asked Questions

Converting Regular Fonts to Bold or Italic (from the online manual) To change the font type (for example from Regular to Bold) you need to change a few settings: Things that need to be done in order to change an existing regular font to italic, bold or bold italic are: Mac Style fields - on the Format menu, click Settings and then click the Metrics tab. Font Design - on the Format menu, click Settings and then click on the Metrics tab. All font subfamily name fields in the Naming window. Th…

[The_Mickster]

Thanks