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  • I use the beautiful metropolis beamer theme with the dark background option.
  • AFAIK, the theme uses Fira Sans as the main font and I like it so far.
  • The problem is that when I have a \textbf (bold) font then the bold letters look too similar to the normalfont letters.
  • Question: Can I still use the same font but make the difference between normal and bold more visible for small font sizes? Ideally, I can use the solution on Overleaf.
% Compile with LuaLaTeX

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme[background = dark]{metropolis}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}{Frame Title}
normaltext\textbf{textbf} 
\par
{\tiny normalfont\textbf{textbf}}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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  • Try something like \setsansfont[BoldFont={Fira Sans Black}]{Fira Sans Book}. You can mix and match the usual styles (Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black)
    – Ingmar
    May 30, 2022 at 20:31
  • @Ingmar Thanks for the comment! I added the tag overleaf because it seems that your suggestion does not work on Overleaf (my bad for not mentioning that from the beginning).
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 30, 2022 at 20:37
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    @Ingmar See the answer (provided by samcarter), thx for your interest!
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 30, 2022 at 20:45
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    If you ever want to experiment with variable fonts, this article discusses how they can be used to make fonts look equally bold whether against a light or a dark background.
    – Thérèse
    May 30, 2022 at 23:45
  • @Thérèse Thanks, much appreciated!
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 30, 2022 at 23:46

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  • This is a community answer based on user samcarter's answer on a different platform (it started as a chat).
  • It is important to know that when you use Overleaf, that you can rely on a bunch of installed fonts (also teached to me by user samcater, see here.

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\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme[background = dark]{metropolis}

% The magic happens here
\setsansfont[ItalicFont={Fira Sans Light Italic},%
                 BoldFont={Fira Sans SemiBold},%
                 BoldItalicFont={Fira Sans Italic}]%
                {Fira Sans Light}%
                                    
\begin{document}

\begin{frame}{Frame Title}
normaltext\textbf{textbf} 
\par
{\tiny normalfont\textbf{textbf}}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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