Make text bold in a scanner apps PDF
Turn words bold, or bold text back to regular, in the PDF's own font family. This works on the PDF scanner apps exported, so you do not need the original file.
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How to do it
- 1.Open the PDF exported from scanner apps in MythosPDF.
- 2.Select the words and press B or ⌘B.
- 3.Press Enter to save the line, then Export PDF.
How scanner apps writes PDFs
- • Scans are images of the page, sometimes with a hidden text layer from OCR.
- • The visible text is pixels, not letters.
What that means when you make text bold
- • Scanned pages are pictures of text. Use OCR PDF to make them searchable; typing into a scan is a separate, image based process.
What happens to the rest of the page
- • The real bold style of the same family is used when it exists.
- • If the family has no bold, MythosPDF asks before imitating one.
Questions people ask
+Is the bold the real font?
Yes, when the family has a bold style. Otherwise you choose whether to imitate it.
+Is it better to edit in scanner apps?
If you have the original scanner apps file and a lot to change, yes. For quick changes to the PDF itself, editing the PDF is faster and keeps it exactly as sent.
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