Richard B's patch to enable users to explicitly request shadow bold

[u/mdw/putty] / unix / uxcfg.c

diff --git a/unix/uxcfg.c b/unix/uxcfg.c
index 582b45d..813009e 100644 (file)
--- a/unix/uxcfg.c
+++ b/unix/uxcfg.c
@@ -117,10 +117,13 @@ void unix_setup_config_box(struct controlbox *b, int midsession, void *win)
     ctrl_fontsel(s, "Font used for bold wide text", 'i',
                 HELPCTX(no_help),
                 dlg_stdfontsel_handler, I(offsetof(Config,wideboldfont)));
-    ctrl_text(s, "If you leave the bold font selectors blank, bold text"
-              " will be displayed by overprinting (\"shadow bold\"). Note"
-              " that this only applies if you have not requested bolding"
-              " to be done by changing the text colour.",
+    ctrl_checkbox(s, "Use shadow bold instead of bold fonts", 'u',
+                 HELPCTX(no_help),
+                 dlg_stdcheckbox_handler,
+                 I(offsetof(Config,shadowbold)));
+    ctrl_text(s, "(Note that bold fonts or shadow bolding are only"
+             " used if you have not requested bolding to be done by"
+             " changing the text colour.)",
               HELPCTX(no_help));
     ctrl_editbox(s, "Horizontal offset for shadow bold:", 'z', 20,
                 HELPCTX(no_help), dlg_stdeditbox_handler,