On getting bold \mathtt and dsfont symbols using Minion Pro

Question

I have the following setup to use Mininon Pro, in both text and math modes, in my XeLaTeX-based documents:

\usepackage{mathspec}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Minion Pro}
\setmathsfont(Digits,Greek,Latin)[Numbers={Proportional}]{Minion Pro}
\setmathrm{Minion Pro}

However, I have the following issues:

(i) none of $\bm{\mathtt{A}}$ (after loading \usepackage{bm}), $\mathbf{\mathtt{A}}$ , and $\boldsymbol{\mathtt{A}}$ make $\mathtt{A}$ bold;

(ii) loading \usepackage{dsfont} and calling \mathds{1} does not yield the symbol illustrated in the Stefan Kotwittz's answer here.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\usepackage{mathspec}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Minion Pro}
\setmathsfont(Digits,Greek,Latin)[Numbers={Proportional}]{Minion Pro}
\setmathrm{Minion Pro}
\begin{document} 
$\bm{\mathtt{A}}$
$\mathbf{\mathtt{A}}$
$\boldsymbol{\mathtt{A}}$
$\mathds{1}$
\end{document}

There’s a Minion Math font, for use with unicode-math, but it isn’t free. — Davislor, Dec 11 '21 at 11:02
@Davislor: Yes. I am aware of that. However, I am wondering whether there is a hack associated with free resources. — , Dec 11 '21 at 11:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '21 at 11:09

The quickest way to get a bold teletype font in math mode is to use the \text commands from amsmath.

\newcommand\mathbftt[1]{\textnormal{\ttfamily\bfseries #1}}

To get the ds blackboard symbols, I would recommend

\usepackage[bb=dsserif]{mathalpha}

This enables \mathbb for double-struck, and \mathbbb for bold double-struck.

There is also a Minion Math font family for use with unicode-math, although it will cost you money.

On getting bold \mathtt and dsfont symbols using Minion Pro

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