Hi everyone,
In a large type family (5 widths), how would you name the widest width? It is really wide. The widths already set are: Compressed, Condensed, Regular and Wide. Which one of these choices sounds natural: Extended, Expanded or ExtraWide? Any other suggestions? Also, among the weight styles are ExtraLight and ExtraBold, so in case the choice falls to ExtraWide, one style could end up being named "TypeFamily"ExtraWide-ExtraBold (not sure how this feels to a native English speaker).
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ExtraNarrow
Narrow
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Wide
ExtraWide
I think these names are more intuitive for users than Condensed/Extended, and are also shorter, which is helpful for some font menus.
Also, thank you Señor @Hrant H. Papazian
Image from Types of the De Vinne press; specimens for the use of compositors, proofreaders and publishers, 1907.
Happy birthday size numbers!;)
This is the naming system for widths and weights that I use in my Aspira typeface:
And I do appreciate the naming scheme.
The sorting of Aspira in InDesign looks like this:
Chris, I’m afraid you are just wrong. In Illustrator, the sorting order of fonts is exactly the same as in InDesign.
Back in the day, sorting of styles within the family was done using width, then weight, and then slope. Width and weight were first grabbed from usWidthClass and usWeightClass when possible. Slope was based on the appropriate style bit, first.
Of course, voodoo or magic was required if the family was believed to not have correct metadata.
* Where "verb" is somewhere in between review, provide feedback, and specify.