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The problem is how to make everything in a document slightly thicker.

My starting point was spurred by Computer Modern, which I would like to make thicker. In this question, the problem was almost solved via pdfrender or alternatively \pdfliteral. The remaining problem is that horizontal lines in math are unaffected.

However, the answer to this other question suggests that contour could be used to make the remaining parts of the document thicker. Essentially, this is mainly showing in fractions and the horizontal line of the square root sign.

Is there a way to “automatize” the process of applying contour (or the technique used by it) to those remaining parts of the document or, for that matter, everywhere, without the need of pdfrender?

As an alternative solution, we may apply poor man's bold to the entire pdf. Is it possible?

Mico
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  • The funny thing is that minus signs, equality signs, and arrows, all become thicker. It's probably something related to extensible horizontal lines... – Monte Carlo Nov 27 '20 at 19:13
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    Fonts are very delicate things, that were usually designed very carefully. Don't try to alter them in that crude fashion. There are more than enough good fonts out there (https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/), just pick one that meets your needs and use it – DG' Nov 27 '20 at 21:49
  • seem that the xfakebold package make what you want. – vi pa Nov 27 '20 at 23:05
  • Unfortunately, xfakebold does not make fractions and the horizontal line in the square root sign bold... am I missing something? – Monte Carlo Nov 28 '20 at 08:54

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