Allow explicit selection of bold variant of font [was: Specific font selection (PF DIN Mono Pro Thin) causes wrong weight used for bold (PF DIN Mono Pro ExtraThin)]
I'm using iTerm 2 build 2.9.20160206 on OS X version 10.11.3 (15D21). I have discovered that when I choose my font to be PF DIN Mono Pro Thin in the preferences dialog, bold text gets rendered, not with a heavier version, but instead with an even lighter weight, PF DIN Mono Pro ExtraThin.
My preference would be for an option for the specific weight to exist (per #2372 or #2172, which appear to duplicate one another), but in either case, the current behavior is incorrect.
Below, I am attaching the debuglog.txt
created while I switch back and forth between two weights of this font, and I'm attaching my plist
file. I'm also attaching two screenshots showing how the font weights change (see the directory names in the directory listing) as I toggle the bold font preference.