How to change font weight of text

[oTnTh]

I tried this in init.lua

events.connect(events.LEXER_LOADED, function(name)
	if name == 'text' then
		view:set_theme('dark', {font = 'Source Han Sans SC', size = 14, weight = 500})
	end
end)

"weight = 500" didn't work, and the default font weight is too thin for CJK chars.

Thanks.

[oTnTh]

Also, can I specify a fallbak font, like CSS?

font-family: Consolas, "Source Han Sans SC"

[orbitalquark]

Your font has to support multiple weights. I don't know if that font does. Maybe just try bold? You cannot specify fallback fonts like in CSS. The font you choose has to exist.

[oTnTh]

https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-han-sans

Didn't work:

view:set_theme('dark', {font = 'Source Han Sans SC', size = 14, weight = 700})
view:set_theme('dark', {font = 'Source Han Sans SC Bold', size = 14})
view:set_theme('dark', {font = 'Source Han Sans SC', size = 14, bold = true})

Win10, textadept_nightly_2022-03-17.win

Any idea? Thanks.

[orbitalquark]

Sorry, I misread your original message. Textadept's default themes do not allow setting weight via `view:set_theme()`. You will need to modify the actual theme[1]. You can either do this: styles.default = {font = font, size = size, fore = colors.light_black, back = colors.white, weight = 700} Or this: styles.default = {font = font, size = size, fore = colors.light_black, back = colors.white, weight = weight} and keep your `view:set_theme('light', {..., weight = 700})`. Try that. Hopefully you'll get better results. [1]: https://orbitalquark.github.io/textadept/manual.html#themes

[oTnTh]

Thanks for you help, dark.lua did the work for me.

"monospace" isn't a real font, so I think it's might be a way to specify a fallback font.

I try to add this to textadept\etc\fonts\fonts.conf:

<alias>
	<family>monospace</family>
	<prefer>
		<family>Consolas</family>
		<family>Source Han Sans SC</family>
	</prefer>
</alias>

Unfortunately, didn't work.