How do I draw bold text on a Bitmap?

Use the setTypeface method on your Paint object to set the font to something with the bold style turned on.

paint.setTypeface(Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT, Typeface.BOLD));

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For Custom Fonts:

Typeface typeface = Typeface.create(Typeface.createFromAsset(mContext.getAssets(), "fonts/bangla/bensen_handwriting.ttf"), Typeface.BOLD);

For Normal Fonts:

Typeface typeface = Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT, Typeface.BOLD);// orTypeface typeface = Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD;

and then

paint.setTypeface(typeface);

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Kotlin syntax to setup Paint for bold text

paint = Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG).also { it.typeface = Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD }

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