> > And, what about adding more styles so that you could have Light, Medium,
> SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black etc. all defined in a single fontfamily?
> If that was available each font family would then define all the styles for
> one variant (SemiCondensed, ExtraCondensed, Condensed, each with 18 styles!)
>
> You can add more alternatives (\it, \bf ...) to the font mechanism but
> this requires additional settings (\definebodyfont ...) to get it
> working. A limiting factor is that you have to stick to two-letter names
> for each alternative


If you don't mind a question from a lapsed user: what is the reason for
this restriction? It seems arbitrary but I have a feeling it's some
vanilla-TeX thing which I have forgotten.


and the easier solution is to create additional
> typefaces.
>

Also most likely sanity preserving!


> Wolfgang
>
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