Make text bold in a Visual Studio printout
Turn words bold, or bold text back to regular, in the PDF's own font family. This works on the PDF Visual Studio printed, even when its letters are only drawn shapes.
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How to do it
- 1.Drop your Microsoft Print to PDF file into MythosPDF. Drawn letters are turned back into text in a few seconds.
- 2.Select the words and press B or ⌘B.
- 3.Press Enter to save the line, then Export PDF.
How Visual Studio prints
- • Visual Studio 2022 uses Cascadia Mono by default; older versions use Consolas.
- • Printed code can include line numbers and a page header.
- • Every letter has the same width.
What that means when you make text bold
- • Bold uses the printout's own bold letters when the page has them; otherwise MythosPDF asks before imitating bold.
- • After export, the recovered text can be selected, copied and searched, which the printout could not do.
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.
+Why can't I select text in my Microsoft Print to PDF file?
The driver often draws every letter as a shape instead of writing text. MythosPDF reads those shapes and turns them back into real text before you edit.
+Is it better to reprint from Visual Studio?
If you still have the Visual Studio file and a lot to change, yes. For a quick fix to the PDF you already have, editing it is faster.
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