Is there any way to make amsmath
's \checkmark
symbol boldface?
I am aware that there are other symbols such as bbding
's \CheckmarkBold
or pifont
's \ding{52}
that do yield something similar to the desired result, but the slant of those checkmarks is very different from that of \checkmark
and the output looks very odd, especially when you need to combine both regular and bold checkmarks in the same paragraph.
Best Answer
If the outline of the checkmark glyph is not only filled but stroked with a line width, then the symbol becomes bolder. The following example uses this method with the help of package
pdfrender
:The result is a smooth bold character: