Herbert Voß submitted the
xfakebold
package.
Version number: 0.01 License type: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Fake a regular font for bold characters
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Package xfakebold uses the the text render from PDF to modify the linewidth of an outline font to get bold characters. It works only for vectorfonts where the glyphs are defined by its outline. The package works in text and math mode and for pdflatex and lualatex.
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This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xfakebold
More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xfakebold
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team Ina Dau