WEIGHT refers to how thick or thin a character may be in text.
WIDTH is the varying width of the character. Narrow fonts= condensed.
STYLE refers to the thickness of the strokes.
Type is measured in points and picas.
Point is the standard for measuring type. A Pica is the depth of the type size, which is equal to 1/6th of an inch.
There are 72 points in an inch.
There are 6 picas in an inch.
There are 12 points in a pica.
If a letter is set in 36 points, it is 1/2 an inch tall.
X-height is the height of the main body of a lowercase letter.
Cap height is the distance between the top of a capital letter to the bottom (including aschenders and descenders).
Leading is the vertical measurement of space in type.
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