> Can someone suggest how to deal with font 'bold' and 'italics' ?

#include "transforms.inc"

// normal text
#declare Ntext = text {ttf "timrom.ttf", "Sample Text", 0.1, <0,0,0>};
object { Ntext
   Center_Trans(Ntext,x)
   scale <0.5,0.5,1>
   translate <0,0,0>
   pigment {Gray50}
}

// italic text
#declare Itext = text {ttf "timrom.ttf", "Sample Text", 0.1, <0,0,0>};
object { Itext
   Center_Trans(Itext,x)
   scale <0.5,0.5,1>
   Shear_Trans(x, y+0.25*x, z)
   translate <0,-0.5,0>
   pigment {Gray50}
}

// bold text
#declare Btext = text {ttf "timrom.ttf", "Sample Text", 0.1, <-0.1,0,0>};
object { Btext
   Center_Trans(Btext,x)
   #local Nwidth = max_extent(Ntext).x - min_extent(Ntext).x;
   #local Bwidth = max_extent(Btext).x - min_extent(Btext).x;
   scale <Nwidth/Bwidth,1,1>
   scale <0.5,0.5,1>
   translate <0,0.5,0>
   pigment {Gray50}
}

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