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### 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