dmaclay

If like me you prefer to display code samples in web pages in a bold font (bloody dark-on-light pages) this trick may be of interest to you:

1. Pick a font that is similar to your preferred coding font (I use DejaVu Sans Mono so Bitsteam Vera Sans Mono is effectively identical).

2. Install only the bold versions of the second font.

3. Set your browser's fixed width font to the bold only font.

There may be some other way to achieve this, but obviously I haven't found it, however this is pretty simple.