[XeTeX] choosing semibold?

[Fr. Michael Gilmary]

> Hi Everyone,
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> What’s the appropriate way to choose a semibold version of a font 
> while in the main document?  I assume that \textbf{Blah} goes for the 
> bold weight of the \setromanfont{} font.  Is there an equivalent 
> command for semibold?  I’m using Times LT Std which has Roman, Italic, 
> Semibold, SemiboldItalic, Bold, BoldItalic, and even ExtraBold.
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> A second question: how do I access the ExtraBold, or any other 
> specific font weight, without redefining all calls to \textbf{}?
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Dear Chris:

Try:

\newfontfamily\semibf{Times LT Std Semibold}

\semibf{This text should be semibold.}

\textbf{But this text is bold.}

And the same for ExtraBold, just define a new font family, as needed. 
See the fontspec documentation, p. 5.


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fr. michael gilmary, mma

Most Holy Trinity Monastery
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