Is there an easy way to bold a font

if the font in use does not have bold/add a stroke to it!!!!

 

On some very thin script fonts I have converted to path, added a contour,
and then delete the original. Careful, don't over do it.

 

You will probably have to play with the kerning also.

 

correct - add stroke or outline then delete text. Sign boy is right you usually will have to kern somewhat...

 

I've had the negative space in some letters start to close up, but if I need it bad enough, I've went as far as node editing the letter to widen the entire loop that creates that negative space. You can cheat, & just enlarge the inner contour sometimes... but that usually will look wrong.

 

Adding a stroke or an outline to a letter is doing it in Bubba Bold. Especially if it's imbedded in a line of normal text. To do it properly you have to do as iSign suggested. Convert it to paths and edit the interior nodes. You can stretch it a smidgen on X but you have to leave the height constant or not only will it be bolder, it will be bigger as well.

 

Once I copied a short word, aligned the copies, and then just nudged one copy a couple clicks to the right. I welded the two together and manually kerned it, and it looked great. Won't work with certain fonts and certain letters very well. But worth a try, it worked for me.