### 2.3 Weights ¶

The weight of a font specifies its boldness. Arranged from lightest to heaviest (more or less):

    hairline, extra light, light
    book, regular, medium
    demibold, semibold, bold, extra bold, heavy
    black, ultra, poster

Here is the table, from the file `weight.map`. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and any parts of a PostScript ‘`FontName`’ which use that abbreviation.

    a Thin Hairline
    b Bold
    c Black
    d Demi
    h Heavy Heavyface
    j ExtraLight
    k Book
    l Light
    m Medium
    p Poster
    r Regular Roman
    s Semibold
    u Ultra UltraBlack
    x ExtraBold ExtraBlack