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Weight & Width

Author: mario fierro-hernandez
Video Transcript
Terms to Know
Bold

A weight of a typeface that is thicker than regular.

Condensed

Part of a typeface name that describes width; condensed typefaces take up less space along the baseline.

Expanded

Part of a typeface name that describes width; expanded typefaces take up more space along the baseline.

Light

A weight of a typeface that is thinner than regular.

Regular

The normal weight of a typeface.

Set Width

A command in a computer graphics application that condenses or expands type along the baseline.

Type Weight

The thickness of a letter stroke.