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FWIW, the "official" way to use a bold font is like this:

        var font = myMainPanel.graphics.font.family;
        var fontSize = myMainPanel.graphics.font.size;
        var boldFont = ScriptUI.newFont (font,'BOLD',fontSize);
        var myText = myMainPanel.add('statictext',[15,15,260,34.5],'Choose the mailer to run the script for');
        myText.graphics.font = boldFont;
 

Harbs

Beware, Harbs bold trick, doesn't always work on windows. I think panels specificly show bold text correctly on mac but not on Windows

Here is some Rapid ScriptUI code

var rapidDlg = new Window('dialog',"Bold",undefined);
buildWindow();
rapidDlg.show();
 
function buildWindow(){
 
 
// Properties for rapidDlg.StaticText1
     rapidDlg.StaticText1 = rapidDlg.add('statictext',undefined,"Lets Be Bold");
rapidDlg.StaticText1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont(rapidDlg.StaticText1.graphics.font.family,"BOLD",rapidDlg.StaticText1.graphics.font.size);
 
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1
     rapidDlg.Panel1 = rapidDlg.add('panel',undefined,"I'm Bold on a mac");
rapidDlg.Panel1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont(rapidDlg.Panel1.graphics.font.family,"BOLD",rapidDlg.Panel1.graphics.font.size);
 
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Button1
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Button1 = rapidDlg.Panel1.add('button',undefined,"Hey Bold fellow");
rapidDlg.Panel1.Button1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont(rapidDlg.Panel1.Button1.graphics.font.family,"BOLD",rapidDlg.Panel1.Button1.graphics.font.size);
 
}
 
 

This is what it looks like on Windows XP SP3 using CS4 & CS5

if I remember correctly it does show correctly on the mac

Yes. It's bold on Mac.

So it's panel labels which have this problem.

I assume the same happens if you use a reference to the window.graphics gont. Yes?

Harbs

Here's what it looks like on Mac:

I wouldn't say it's not wired.

If you pay attention, you'll notice that the border leaves room for the wider font. The text is just not drawn correctly...

Harbs