[Tex/LaTex] Bold Typewriter Type fonts

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I found out that there are cmbtt10 and cmttb10 fonts available. Unfortunately they are not used until I activate them with the \font macro, so just searching for those fonts is not possible.

The cmbtt10 seems too thick. The cmttb10 looks quite what I need, but its characters are too wide. Both seems to be a low resolution font.

I also learned that these fonts are created with METAFONT the first time they are activated, but need the Typewriter Type font source. Are there other fonts that are created in the same manner from Typewriter Type? Is it possible to create a better resolution (like 600~1200 DPI)? How difficult is to define my own modification?

Best Answer

I suggest Latin Modern Mono Light family. In Plain TeX:

\font\tt=rm-lmtl10
\font\itt=rm-lmtlo10
\font\btt=rm-lmtk10
\font\bitt=rm-lmtko10
\tt   Hello\par
\itt  Hello\par
\btt  Hello\par
\bitt Hello\par
\bye

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In LaTeX, it is lmtt family in OT1 font encoding. See ot1lmtt.fd for more information.

Latin Modern fonts are available in Type1 and OpenType. Usually we use the Type1 fonts with pdfTeX, dvipdfm(x) and Dvips engine/driver, and they are installed for pdfTeX, dvipdfm(x) and Dvips, respectively. Type1 fonts are vector fonts, they can be freely scaled with out loss of quality.

If you use a font made by MetaFont, you can specify the resolution when calling pdfTeX, dvipdfm(x) or Dvips.

Use \pdfpkresolution to specify the PK font resolution for pdfTeX. For example,

\pdfpkresolution=1200

Use -r command line option to specify the PK font resolution for dvipdfm(x). For example, 

dvipdfmx -r 1200 foo.dvi

And use -D command line option to specify the PK font resolution for Dvips. For example, 

dvips -D 1200 foo.dvi
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