   how to get bold.. sdl
  how can you make the font italic, bold, underline or other text fx? or do you have to upload a particular font that is already bold? if so can you post a link where i can get a variaty of fonts.this is what im using at the moment blit the text// for textTTF_Init();TTF_Font *font;//set colorSDL_Color fontColor = {1, 1, 999};char score[64];//upload the fontfont = TTF_OpenFont("data/arial.ttf", 12);// combines the text and number (i think) into score sprintf(score, "Bad ass Tetris Playa: %d", player);// type of font, data, color  playerscore = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font, score, fontColor);// blit the type, to a location    SDL_BlitSurface(playerscore,&ScoreBoard.bitmap_location , g_Window,&ScoreBoard.screen_location);   
  There are functions that allow you to set the attributes of a font: DocumentationIn your case, you need to do:TTF_SetFontstyle(font, TTF_style_BOLD);   