Implement better algorithm for bold fakestyle

[nschulux]

Original font has name NVTFranklin semibold.
Bold+Italic not working .

[jirkakunze]

The problem is that only the regular style for NYTFranklin is available. The recalculation of the bold style is not yet well solved in the TTF driver. Perhaps the Libre-Franklin font is a better alternative for original Sather Gothic font. I have not checked whether Libre-Franklin also contains bytecode.

Libre-Franklin is licensed under OFL.

https://www.1001freefonts.com/de/libre-franklin.font

[nschulux]

I can add Bold and Bold Italic.

[nschulux]

TTF-NYTFranklin.zip
Zum Testen.

[jirkakunze]

The FontSquirrel web font generator seems to have received a major update. My tests of the generator have shown that PS printing of the Nimbus fonts from artiflex/urw-base-35 works well, but after editing with the generator the horizontal position of some glyphs is no longer correct.
Kerning information is also handled incorrectly by the webfont generator. The kerning table in the font is always deleted. If the checkbox 'remove kerning' is not set, the kerning information is stored in the GPOS table. However, this is not processed by the driver.

Maybe it is a good idea to take the TTF fonts unchanged from the gitrepo of artiflexSoftware. These have more characters than we need under GEOS, but the driver can cope with them.
However, there are several repositories which contain the urw base 35 fonts. I can't say what the difference is.

[nschulux]

I have now tested with Nimbus Sans L open it with Fontforge Changed Name to Nimbus Sans and this one worked in PS Printing !
But if you are shure the unchanged Font works , I have had PC/GEOS stop working no response !
I use Dosbox 0.74 what do you use ?

Sather Gothic has only one Style.
Libre Franklin works without FontSquirrel but has other Geometrie.

[nschulux]

I used the Fonts in the 35 Pack unchanged with last Build , if i start the Help KR-09 !

Nimbus Sans print also fault: