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Bold font is not shown in pdf output from word

Anonymous
2014-10-24T12:17:16+00:00

When I use a pdf printer, all is fine, but using the build-in save as pdf function, bold comes out as non-bold.

That is very weird.

Thanks for helping!

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-23T15:40:14+00:00

    I had this exact problem too and realised why. I was using a "semi-light" font (it had the word "semi-light" in its name). Word will therefore not recognise it as bold when you export it to PDF because it already has a pre-defined weight, with that weight being "semi-light". In order to make it work, you need to change the font to the normal version and bold that (e.g. change it from 'Leelawadee UI Semilight' to 'Leelawadee UI').

    Hope this helped :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-12T10:00:59+00:00

    I had this exact problem too and realised why. I was using a "semi-light" font (it had the word "semi-light" in its name). Word will therefore not recognise it as bold when you export it to PDF because it already has a pre-defined weight, with that weight being "semi-light". In order to make it work, you need to change the font to the normal version and bold that (e.g. change it from 'Leelawadee UI Semilight' to 'Leelawadee UI').

    Hope this helped :)

    Same problem, same font. I started wondering why this happened since I tried with other PDF printers aswell and they all had this flaw. (yet it was displayed correctly when exporting). Thanks for the hint. That really helped me

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-10-29T10:52:23+00:00

    I don't have an ink printer, so I can't test. The only thing I know for sure: when I use the ms office pdf print option, it eats my bold formating, when I use bullzip pdf printer, all comes out nicely as it should.

    No clue how this can happen, but I am thankful for any help!

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  4. Stefan Blom 341K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-10-24T22:24:25+00:00

    Are you sure it isn't just a display issue? What happens if you change the zoom in the PDF?

    If you print the PDF, does the (originally) bold text print in bold?

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  5. Stefan Blom 341K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-10-29T13:06:57+00:00

    Could you share an example file with the forum? Upload the file to Dropbox or OneDrive, make it public, and post a link in this thread.

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