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 .IP "\fBpterm.ShadowBoldOffset\fP"
 This resource can be set to an integer; the default is -1. It
 specifies the offset at which text is overprinted when using "shadow
-bold" mode. The default (-1) means that the text will be printed in
-the normal place, and also one character to the left; this seems to
+bold" mode. The default (1) means that the text will be printed in
+the normal place, and also one character to the right; this seems to
 work well for most X bitmap fonts, which have a blank line of pixels
-down the left-hand side. For some fonts, you may need to set this to
-+1, so that the text is overprinted one pixel to the right; for
-really large fonts, you may want to set it even higher.
+down the right-hand side. For some fonts, you may need to set this to
+-1, so that the text is overprinted one pixel to the left; for
+really large fonts, you may want to set it higher than 1 (in one
+direction or the other).
 .IP "\fBpterm.BoldAsColour\fP"
 This option should be set to either 0 or 1; the default is 1. It
 specifies the default state of auto wrap mode. When set to 1, bold