Boldfaced character-displaying method and display equipment employing the boldfaced character-displaying method

A boldfaced character-displaying apparatus, comprising:

• a display device comprising a plurality of lines aligned with each other in a first direction thereby forming a display screen, each of said lines comprising a plurality of pixels aligned with each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of said pixels comprising a plurality of light-emitting elements aligned with each other in a certain sequence, each light-emitting element of each pixel being operable to illuminate a color different from the other light-emitting elements of said each pixel;
• a display memory operable to store data to be displayed on said display device;
• a character data storage unit operable to store character data to be displayed;
• a boldfacing unit operable to boldface the character data stored in said character data storage unit, said boldfacing unit being operable to increase a character line width of the character data in the second direction by an amount corresponding to at least a width of one of said light-emitting elements;
• and
• a display control unit operable to store data in said display memory in accordance with data derived from the boldfaced character data and to display a boldfaced character on said display screen,
• wherein said boldfacing unit is operable to select a character line width-increasing pattern in accordance with a degree to which luminous intensity of said light-emitting elements contributes.