[Freetype] How do I tell if a PostScript (.pfb) file is bold or italic?

[Pedriana, Paul]

I load a certain .pfb file with FT_New_Face and it loads fine.

The face->style_flags for the face is 0  (no bold, italic).

The face->style_name for the face is "Bold".

Why don't the style_flags reflect this boldness?

After loading the face with FT_New_Face I am calling FT_Attach_File on

the face with the associated .afm file and it has no effect on this. Neither

does calling FT_Attach_File with the .pfm file for the font.

 

So is the only way to tell if a PostScript font is bold is to ignore the

style_flags field and go with the style_name field?