Weight of Regular and Bold
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:50 am
On my web site, there are three fonts Shuneet, Shuneet Oblique and Shuneet Square.
Now I have developed seven weights for Shuneet which are light, thin, book, medium,
demi, bold and heavy. I want to match the weights of the other two (Shuneet Oblique and
Shuneet Square) to this progression of weights.
I have looked at a number of commercial fonts available in regular and bold and
calculated their weights according to the Panose scheme.
Calabri: Medium and Bold.
Tahoma: Demi-Bold and Heavy
Arial: A light Demi-Bold and a dark Bold
They are all over the place! Calabri is the most recent design so does this represent a current
accepted practice? When I press the [Bold] button in a word processor can I expect a Medium
font to become a Bold font (by the Panose definition)?
Now I have developed seven weights for Shuneet which are light, thin, book, medium,
demi, bold and heavy. I want to match the weights of the other two (Shuneet Oblique and
Shuneet Square) to this progression of weights.
I have looked at a number of commercial fonts available in regular and bold and
calculated their weights according to the Panose scheme.
Calabri: Medium and Bold.
Tahoma: Demi-Bold and Heavy
Arial: A light Demi-Bold and a dark Bold
They are all over the place! Calabri is the most recent design so does this represent a current
accepted practice? When I press the [Bold] button in a word processor can I expect a Medium
font to become a Bold font (by the Panose definition)?