Adding weight to a font in xetex

Question

My monospaced font in Xetex is Courier New, but appears too thin on screen. I can switch to the bold version, but that's too heavy. Is there is a way with Xetex and fontspec to add some weight to a font?

\setmonofont{Courier New}       % too thin
\setmonofont{Courier New Bold}  % too heavy

Thanks for any advice.

Answer 1

Yes, but it's not typographically the best idea ever: see FakeBold in the manual. Alternatively, check out different monospace fonts such as 'Inconsolata’ — much better, IMO, than Courier.