# Faux bold not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/faux-bold-not-working/304137>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 2, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/faux-bold-not-working/304137 "2010-02-02T10:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![fideldonson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@fideldonson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fideldonson)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/faux-bold-not-working/304137/1 "2010-02-02T10:04:33Z")

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I need a textfield with the font Gotham-Light to be able to show bold text from time to time. Normally this does not pose any difficulty as i would either place a bold version of the textfield of the stage or embed the bold version of the font in the library. However this Gotham-Light font does not contain a bold version. So i just figure i’ll use the faux bold. But this just does not work like i think it should.

When i select the of-stage textfield and make it faux bold. Nothing happens - the text stays regular. However when i edit the text in the textfield it suddenly shows up as bold. when i unselect it it goes regular again. When i publish its not bold. It works if i make both textfields use bitmap text og when i use a different font alltogether. But it does not work when i choose any anti-aliasing mode. Can anyone explain this to me?

Ive also tried replacing the \<b\> in my html text with \<font face=“reference to embedded font in library”\> couldn’t get this to work either.

help me kirupa - pls