Re: Using a semi-bold font

[Noeck]

Hi Abraham,

> There's not a convenient pango interface (yet) for selecting variants
> outside the Regular/Italic/Bold/Bold Italic styles. 

That's a pity. But thanks for confirming it.

> However, with the way
> you are doing it, you should be able to just add "Semibold" to the original
> font name and mostly work (i.e., you can then also select the 'italic shape
> of you want). Then you could name the font-family 'semibold or something
> like that for easier identification/differentiation.

Unfortunately I could not get this to work. It only works in the
font-name: font-name = "Linux Libertine O Semibold Italic"
Thus loosing the ability to switch font shapes/series.

Cheers,
Joram