What does font.bold actually do? Use a different font or change rendering?

maxwell31

Hi,

I am writing a QML application for desktop use. I want it to use the Roboto font by google. It comes as several ttf files, each file for a different style (medium, light, italic, bold...).

If I then have a Text like this:

FontLoader {id: mytest; source:"qrc:/../../fonts/roboto/Roboto-Regular.ttf"}
     Text {
       id: text254
       width: 404
       height: 60
       text: qsTr("Sample Text")
       font.family: mytest.name
       font.bold: true

What would font.bold do? I guess it would transform Roboto-Regular to look bold instead of using Roboto-bold.ttf. Is there a way I can use font.family so that font.bold would choose Roboto-bold.ttf?

maxwell31

So as far as I see, this will not work with a FontLoader. What is the situation, if the font is installed? Then there are several ttf files, e.g. Roboto-Regular.ttf, Roboto-Bold.ttf, Roboto-Italic.ttf. If I use

```

Text {
id: text254
width: 404
height: 60
text: qsTr("Test")
font.family: "Roboto"
font.bold: true

Will the displayed text use "Roboto-Bold.ttf" or widen the Roboto-Regular?