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I would like to use the medium weight Fira font in Latex but textmd doesn't seem to do anything. What am I doing wrong?



usepackage[defaultsans]FiraSans

Hello textmdWorld.

Hello textbfWorld.


Here is what it looks like. As you can see, the first "World" is not any bolder than the regular text.



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    Please provide a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Recent versions of FiraSans don't recognize the option defaultsans and expect sfdefault instead.
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  • It appears that the medium weight is already the default font, so setting it explicitly does nothing...
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I would like to use the medium weight Fira font in Latex but textmd doesn't seem to do anything. What am I doing wrong?



usepackage[defaultsans]FiraSans

Hello textmdWorld.

Hello textbfWorld.


Here is what it looks like. As you can see, the first "World" is not any bolder than the regular text.



enter image description here










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    Please provide a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Recent versions of FiraSans don't recognize the option defaultsans and expect sfdefault instead.
    – DG'
    2 hours ago










  • It appears that the medium weight is already the default font, so setting it explicitly does nothing...
    – DG'
    2 hours ago












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I would like to use the medium weight Fira font in Latex but textmd doesn't seem to do anything. What am I doing wrong?



usepackage[defaultsans]FiraSans

Hello textmdWorld.

Hello textbfWorld.


Here is what it looks like. As you can see, the first "World" is not any bolder than the regular text.



enter image description here










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I would like to use the medium weight Fira font in Latex but textmd doesn't seem to do anything. What am I doing wrong?



usepackage[defaultsans]FiraSans

Hello textmdWorld.

Hello textbfWorld.


Here is what it looks like. As you can see, the first "World" is not any bolder than the regular text.



enter image description here







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    Please provide a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Recent versions of FiraSans don't recognize the option defaultsans and expect sfdefault instead.
    – DG'
    2 hours ago










  • It appears that the medium weight is already the default font, so setting it explicitly does nothing...
    – DG'
    2 hours ago












  • 1




    Please provide a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Recent versions of FiraSans don't recognize the option defaultsans and expect sfdefault instead.
    – DG'
    2 hours ago










  • It appears that the medium weight is already the default font, so setting it explicitly does nothing...
    – DG'
    2 hours ago







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Please provide a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Recent versions of FiraSans don't recognize the option defaultsans and expect sfdefault instead.
– DG'
2 hours ago




Please provide a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Recent versions of FiraSans don't recognize the option defaultsans and expect sfdefault instead.
– DG'
2 hours ago












It appears that the medium weight is already the default font, so setting it explicitly does nothing...
– DG'
2 hours ago




It appears that the medium weight is already the default font, so setting it explicitly does nothing...
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If you can switch to either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX to compile your document, you could download the OpenType version of the FiraSans font family, which features 16 [!!] separate font weights. In comparison, the FiraSans package (which works with pdfLaTeX) offers only 9 font weights.



As may be seen from the following screenshot, the weight difference between "Medium" and "SemiBold" is rather subtle. To avoid any uncertainty among your readers as to what constitutes "bold", it's a good idea to emply a weight that's 2 or even 3 steps heavier than the chosen default font weight. E.g., if "Fira Sans Book" were chosen as the base font weight, then either "Fira Sans Medium" or "Fira Sans SemiBold" would be suitable candidates for the 'bold' font variant. (What's selected as the "regular" font weight for a document does not have to be the same as the weight that's labelled "Regular" by the font designer.)



Thus, one might write



setsansfontFira Sans Book[%
ItalicFont = Fira Sans Book Italic,
BoldFont = Fira Sans SemiBold,
BoldItalicFont = Fira Sans SemiBold Italic]


to choose font weights "9" and "12" from the following list as the 'regular' and 'bold' font weights of one's document.



enter image description here



documentclassarticle
usepackagefontspec
defaultfontfeaturesLigatures=TeX,Common,Rare
setmainfontFira Sans Regular % set as default

newfontfamilyFSTwoFira Sans Two % 1
newfontfamilyFSFourFira Sans Four % 2
newfontfamilyFSEightFira Sans Eight % 3
newfontfamilyFSHairFira Sans Hair % 4
newfontfamilyFSThinFira Sans Thin % 5
newfontfamilyFSUltraLightFira Sans UltraLight % 6
newfontfamilyFSExtraLightFira Sans ExtraLight % 7
newfontfamilyFSLightFira Sans Light % 8
newfontfamilyFSBookFira Sans Book % 9
newfontfamilyFSRegularFira Sans Regular % 10
newfontfamilyFSMediumFira Sans Medium % 11
newfontfamilyFSSemiBoldFira Sans SemiBold % 12
newfontfamilyFSBoldFira Sans Bold % 13
newfontfamilyFSExtraBoldFira Sans ExtraBold % 14
newfontfamilyFSHeavyFira Sans Heavy % 15
newfontfamilyFSUltraFira Sans Ultra % 16

begindocument
obeylines % just for this example
FSTwo Hello World --- Two 1
FSFour Hello World --- Four 2
FSEight Hello World --- Eight 3
FSHair Hello World --- Hair 4
FSThin Hello World --- Thin 5
FSUltraLight Hello World --- UltraLight 6
FSExtraLight Hello World --- ExtraLight 7
FSLight Hello World --- Light 8
FSBook Hello World --- Book 9
FSRegular Hello World --- Regular 10
FSMedium Hello World --- Medium 11
FSSemiBold Hello World --- SemiBold 12
FSBold Hello World --- Bold 13
FSExtraBold Hello World --- ExtraBold 14
FSHeavy Hello World --- Heavy 15
FSUltra Hello World --- Ultra 16
enddocument





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    The FiraSans package uses mdweight to set regular text, so calling textmd explicitly has no effect whatsoever. If you want to use a specific weight explicitly, you can use one of the commands defined in FiraSans.sty:



    • firathin

    • firaultralight

    • firaextralight

    • firalight

    • firabook

    • firamedium


    • firasemibold


    • firaextrabold

    • firaheavy

    Example:



    documentclassarticle
    usepackage[sfdefault]FiraSans

    begindocument

    Hello firathin World.

    Hello firaultralight World.

    Hello firaextralight World.

    Hello firalight World.

    Hello firabook World.

    Hello firamedium World.

    Hello firasemibold World.

    Hello firaextrabold World.

    Hello firaheavy World.

    enddocument





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    • +1. The visual clarity of the screenshot might be improved if you listed the fonts in order of weight. E.g., consider placing "light' after, rather than before, both "ultralight" and "extralight". Similarly, consider placing 'medium' after, rather than before, 'book'.
      – Mico
      51 mins ago











    • You might be right. I, lazily, yanked the entries out of FiraSans.sty without further editing...
      – DG'
      49 mins ago










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    If you can switch to either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX to compile your document, you could download the OpenType version of the FiraSans font family, which features 16 [!!] separate font weights. In comparison, the FiraSans package (which works with pdfLaTeX) offers only 9 font weights.



    As may be seen from the following screenshot, the weight difference between "Medium" and "SemiBold" is rather subtle. To avoid any uncertainty among your readers as to what constitutes "bold", it's a good idea to emply a weight that's 2 or even 3 steps heavier than the chosen default font weight. E.g., if "Fira Sans Book" were chosen as the base font weight, then either "Fira Sans Medium" or "Fira Sans SemiBold" would be suitable candidates for the 'bold' font variant. (What's selected as the "regular" font weight for a document does not have to be the same as the weight that's labelled "Regular" by the font designer.)



    Thus, one might write



    setsansfontFira Sans Book[%
    ItalicFont = Fira Sans Book Italic,
    BoldFont = Fira Sans SemiBold,
    BoldItalicFont = Fira Sans SemiBold Italic]


    to choose font weights "9" and "12" from the following list as the 'regular' and 'bold' font weights of one's document.



    enter image description here



    documentclassarticle
    usepackagefontspec
    defaultfontfeaturesLigatures=TeX,Common,Rare
    setmainfontFira Sans Regular % set as default

    newfontfamilyFSTwoFira Sans Two % 1
    newfontfamilyFSFourFira Sans Four % 2
    newfontfamilyFSEightFira Sans Eight % 3
    newfontfamilyFSHairFira Sans Hair % 4
    newfontfamilyFSThinFira Sans Thin % 5
    newfontfamilyFSUltraLightFira Sans UltraLight % 6
    newfontfamilyFSExtraLightFira Sans ExtraLight % 7
    newfontfamilyFSLightFira Sans Light % 8
    newfontfamilyFSBookFira Sans Book % 9
    newfontfamilyFSRegularFira Sans Regular % 10
    newfontfamilyFSMediumFira Sans Medium % 11
    newfontfamilyFSSemiBoldFira Sans SemiBold % 12
    newfontfamilyFSBoldFira Sans Bold % 13
    newfontfamilyFSExtraBoldFira Sans ExtraBold % 14
    newfontfamilyFSHeavyFira Sans Heavy % 15
    newfontfamilyFSUltraFira Sans Ultra % 16

    begindocument
    obeylines % just for this example
    FSTwo Hello World --- Two 1
    FSFour Hello World --- Four 2
    FSEight Hello World --- Eight 3
    FSHair Hello World --- Hair 4
    FSThin Hello World --- Thin 5
    FSUltraLight Hello World --- UltraLight 6
    FSExtraLight Hello World --- ExtraLight 7
    FSLight Hello World --- Light 8
    FSBook Hello World --- Book 9
    FSRegular Hello World --- Regular 10
    FSMedium Hello World --- Medium 11
    FSSemiBold Hello World --- SemiBold 12
    FSBold Hello World --- Bold 13
    FSExtraBold Hello World --- ExtraBold 14
    FSHeavy Hello World --- Heavy 15
    FSUltra Hello World --- Ultra 16
    enddocument





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      If you can switch to either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX to compile your document, you could download the OpenType version of the FiraSans font family, which features 16 [!!] separate font weights. In comparison, the FiraSans package (which works with pdfLaTeX) offers only 9 font weights.



      As may be seen from the following screenshot, the weight difference between "Medium" and "SemiBold" is rather subtle. To avoid any uncertainty among your readers as to what constitutes "bold", it's a good idea to emply a weight that's 2 or even 3 steps heavier than the chosen default font weight. E.g., if "Fira Sans Book" were chosen as the base font weight, then either "Fira Sans Medium" or "Fira Sans SemiBold" would be suitable candidates for the 'bold' font variant. (What's selected as the "regular" font weight for a document does not have to be the same as the weight that's labelled "Regular" by the font designer.)



      Thus, one might write



      setsansfontFira Sans Book[%
      ItalicFont = Fira Sans Book Italic,
      BoldFont = Fira Sans SemiBold,
      BoldItalicFont = Fira Sans SemiBold Italic]


      to choose font weights "9" and "12" from the following list as the 'regular' and 'bold' font weights of one's document.



      enter image description here



      documentclassarticle
      usepackagefontspec
      defaultfontfeaturesLigatures=TeX,Common,Rare
      setmainfontFira Sans Regular % set as default

      newfontfamilyFSTwoFira Sans Two % 1
      newfontfamilyFSFourFira Sans Four % 2
      newfontfamilyFSEightFira Sans Eight % 3
      newfontfamilyFSHairFira Sans Hair % 4
      newfontfamilyFSThinFira Sans Thin % 5
      newfontfamilyFSUltraLightFira Sans UltraLight % 6
      newfontfamilyFSExtraLightFira Sans ExtraLight % 7
      newfontfamilyFSLightFira Sans Light % 8
      newfontfamilyFSBookFira Sans Book % 9
      newfontfamilyFSRegularFira Sans Regular % 10
      newfontfamilyFSMediumFira Sans Medium % 11
      newfontfamilyFSSemiBoldFira Sans SemiBold % 12
      newfontfamilyFSBoldFira Sans Bold % 13
      newfontfamilyFSExtraBoldFira Sans ExtraBold % 14
      newfontfamilyFSHeavyFira Sans Heavy % 15
      newfontfamilyFSUltraFira Sans Ultra % 16

      begindocument
      obeylines % just for this example
      FSTwo Hello World --- Two 1
      FSFour Hello World --- Four 2
      FSEight Hello World --- Eight 3
      FSHair Hello World --- Hair 4
      FSThin Hello World --- Thin 5
      FSUltraLight Hello World --- UltraLight 6
      FSExtraLight Hello World --- ExtraLight 7
      FSLight Hello World --- Light 8
      FSBook Hello World --- Book 9
      FSRegular Hello World --- Regular 10
      FSMedium Hello World --- Medium 11
      FSSemiBold Hello World --- SemiBold 12
      FSBold Hello World --- Bold 13
      FSExtraBold Hello World --- ExtraBold 14
      FSHeavy Hello World --- Heavy 15
      FSUltra Hello World --- Ultra 16
      enddocument





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        up vote
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        If you can switch to either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX to compile your document, you could download the OpenType version of the FiraSans font family, which features 16 [!!] separate font weights. In comparison, the FiraSans package (which works with pdfLaTeX) offers only 9 font weights.



        As may be seen from the following screenshot, the weight difference between "Medium" and "SemiBold" is rather subtle. To avoid any uncertainty among your readers as to what constitutes "bold", it's a good idea to emply a weight that's 2 or even 3 steps heavier than the chosen default font weight. E.g., if "Fira Sans Book" were chosen as the base font weight, then either "Fira Sans Medium" or "Fira Sans SemiBold" would be suitable candidates for the 'bold' font variant. (What's selected as the "regular" font weight for a document does not have to be the same as the weight that's labelled "Regular" by the font designer.)



        Thus, one might write



        setsansfontFira Sans Book[%
        ItalicFont = Fira Sans Book Italic,
        BoldFont = Fira Sans SemiBold,
        BoldItalicFont = Fira Sans SemiBold Italic]


        to choose font weights "9" and "12" from the following list as the 'regular' and 'bold' font weights of one's document.



        enter image description here



        documentclassarticle
        usepackagefontspec
        defaultfontfeaturesLigatures=TeX,Common,Rare
        setmainfontFira Sans Regular % set as default

        newfontfamilyFSTwoFira Sans Two % 1
        newfontfamilyFSFourFira Sans Four % 2
        newfontfamilyFSEightFira Sans Eight % 3
        newfontfamilyFSHairFira Sans Hair % 4
        newfontfamilyFSThinFira Sans Thin % 5
        newfontfamilyFSUltraLightFira Sans UltraLight % 6
        newfontfamilyFSExtraLightFira Sans ExtraLight % 7
        newfontfamilyFSLightFira Sans Light % 8
        newfontfamilyFSBookFira Sans Book % 9
        newfontfamilyFSRegularFira Sans Regular % 10
        newfontfamilyFSMediumFira Sans Medium % 11
        newfontfamilyFSSemiBoldFira Sans SemiBold % 12
        newfontfamilyFSBoldFira Sans Bold % 13
        newfontfamilyFSExtraBoldFira Sans ExtraBold % 14
        newfontfamilyFSHeavyFira Sans Heavy % 15
        newfontfamilyFSUltraFira Sans Ultra % 16

        begindocument
        obeylines % just for this example
        FSTwo Hello World --- Two 1
        FSFour Hello World --- Four 2
        FSEight Hello World --- Eight 3
        FSHair Hello World --- Hair 4
        FSThin Hello World --- Thin 5
        FSUltraLight Hello World --- UltraLight 6
        FSExtraLight Hello World --- ExtraLight 7
        FSLight Hello World --- Light 8
        FSBook Hello World --- Book 9
        FSRegular Hello World --- Regular 10
        FSMedium Hello World --- Medium 11
        FSSemiBold Hello World --- SemiBold 12
        FSBold Hello World --- Bold 13
        FSExtraBold Hello World --- ExtraBold 14
        FSHeavy Hello World --- Heavy 15
        FSUltra Hello World --- Ultra 16
        enddocument





        share|improve this answer














        If you can switch to either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX to compile your document, you could download the OpenType version of the FiraSans font family, which features 16 [!!] separate font weights. In comparison, the FiraSans package (which works with pdfLaTeX) offers only 9 font weights.



        As may be seen from the following screenshot, the weight difference between "Medium" and "SemiBold" is rather subtle. To avoid any uncertainty among your readers as to what constitutes "bold", it's a good idea to emply a weight that's 2 or even 3 steps heavier than the chosen default font weight. E.g., if "Fira Sans Book" were chosen as the base font weight, then either "Fira Sans Medium" or "Fira Sans SemiBold" would be suitable candidates for the 'bold' font variant. (What's selected as the "regular" font weight for a document does not have to be the same as the weight that's labelled "Regular" by the font designer.)



        Thus, one might write



        setsansfontFira Sans Book[%
        ItalicFont = Fira Sans Book Italic,
        BoldFont = Fira Sans SemiBold,
        BoldItalicFont = Fira Sans SemiBold Italic]


        to choose font weights "9" and "12" from the following list as the 'regular' and 'bold' font weights of one's document.



        enter image description here



        documentclassarticle
        usepackagefontspec
        defaultfontfeaturesLigatures=TeX,Common,Rare
        setmainfontFira Sans Regular % set as default

        newfontfamilyFSTwoFira Sans Two % 1
        newfontfamilyFSFourFira Sans Four % 2
        newfontfamilyFSEightFira Sans Eight % 3
        newfontfamilyFSHairFira Sans Hair % 4
        newfontfamilyFSThinFira Sans Thin % 5
        newfontfamilyFSUltraLightFira Sans UltraLight % 6
        newfontfamilyFSExtraLightFira Sans ExtraLight % 7
        newfontfamilyFSLightFira Sans Light % 8
        newfontfamilyFSBookFira Sans Book % 9
        newfontfamilyFSRegularFira Sans Regular % 10
        newfontfamilyFSMediumFira Sans Medium % 11
        newfontfamilyFSSemiBoldFira Sans SemiBold % 12
        newfontfamilyFSBoldFira Sans Bold % 13
        newfontfamilyFSExtraBoldFira Sans ExtraBold % 14
        newfontfamilyFSHeavyFira Sans Heavy % 15
        newfontfamilyFSUltraFira Sans Ultra % 16

        begindocument
        obeylines % just for this example
        FSTwo Hello World --- Two 1
        FSFour Hello World --- Four 2
        FSEight Hello World --- Eight 3
        FSHair Hello World --- Hair 4
        FSThin Hello World --- Thin 5
        FSUltraLight Hello World --- UltraLight 6
        FSExtraLight Hello World --- ExtraLight 7
        FSLight Hello World --- Light 8
        FSBook Hello World --- Book 9
        FSRegular Hello World --- Regular 10
        FSMedium Hello World --- Medium 11
        FSSemiBold Hello World --- SemiBold 12
        FSBold Hello World --- Bold 13
        FSExtraBold Hello World --- ExtraBold 14
        FSHeavy Hello World --- Heavy 15
        FSUltra Hello World --- Ultra 16
        enddocument






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            The FiraSans package uses mdweight to set regular text, so calling textmd explicitly has no effect whatsoever. If you want to use a specific weight explicitly, you can use one of the commands defined in FiraSans.sty:



            • firathin

            • firaultralight

            • firaextralight

            • firalight

            • firabook

            • firamedium


            • firasemibold


            • firaextrabold

            • firaheavy

            Example:



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[sfdefault]FiraSans

            begindocument

            Hello firathin World.

            Hello firaultralight World.

            Hello firaextralight World.

            Hello firalight World.

            Hello firabook World.

            Hello firamedium World.

            Hello firasemibold World.

            Hello firaextrabold World.

            Hello firaheavy World.

            enddocument





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            • +1. The visual clarity of the screenshot might be improved if you listed the fonts in order of weight. E.g., consider placing "light' after, rather than before, both "ultralight" and "extralight". Similarly, consider placing 'medium' after, rather than before, 'book'.
              – Mico
              51 mins ago











            • You might be right. I, lazily, yanked the entries out of FiraSans.sty without further editing...
              – DG'
              49 mins ago














            up vote
            2
            down vote













            The FiraSans package uses mdweight to set regular text, so calling textmd explicitly has no effect whatsoever. If you want to use a specific weight explicitly, you can use one of the commands defined in FiraSans.sty:



            • firathin

            • firaultralight

            • firaextralight

            • firalight

            • firabook

            • firamedium


            • firasemibold


            • firaextrabold

            • firaheavy

            Example:



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[sfdefault]FiraSans

            begindocument

            Hello firathin World.

            Hello firaultralight World.

            Hello firaextralight World.

            Hello firalight World.

            Hello firabook World.

            Hello firamedium World.

            Hello firasemibold World.

            Hello firaextrabold World.

            Hello firaheavy World.

            enddocument





            share|improve this answer






















            • +1. The visual clarity of the screenshot might be improved if you listed the fonts in order of weight. E.g., consider placing "light' after, rather than before, both "ultralight" and "extralight". Similarly, consider placing 'medium' after, rather than before, 'book'.
              – Mico
              51 mins ago











            • You might be right. I, lazily, yanked the entries out of FiraSans.sty without further editing...
              – DG'
              49 mins ago












            up vote
            2
            down vote










            up vote
            2
            down vote









            The FiraSans package uses mdweight to set regular text, so calling textmd explicitly has no effect whatsoever. If you want to use a specific weight explicitly, you can use one of the commands defined in FiraSans.sty:



            • firathin

            • firaultralight

            • firaextralight

            • firalight

            • firabook

            • firamedium


            • firasemibold


            • firaextrabold

            • firaheavy

            Example:



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[sfdefault]FiraSans

            begindocument

            Hello firathin World.

            Hello firaultralight World.

            Hello firaextralight World.

            Hello firalight World.

            Hello firabook World.

            Hello firamedium World.

            Hello firasemibold World.

            Hello firaextrabold World.

            Hello firaheavy World.

            enddocument





            share|improve this answer














            The FiraSans package uses mdweight to set regular text, so calling textmd explicitly has no effect whatsoever. If you want to use a specific weight explicitly, you can use one of the commands defined in FiraSans.sty:



            • firathin

            • firaultralight

            • firaextralight

            • firalight

            • firabook

            • firamedium


            • firasemibold


            • firaextrabold

            • firaheavy

            Example:



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[sfdefault]FiraSans

            begindocument

            Hello firathin World.

            Hello firaultralight World.

            Hello firaextralight World.

            Hello firalight World.

            Hello firabook World.

            Hello firamedium World.

            Hello firasemibold World.

            Hello firaextrabold World.

            Hello firaheavy World.

            enddocument






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            • +1. The visual clarity of the screenshot might be improved if you listed the fonts in order of weight. E.g., consider placing "light' after, rather than before, both "ultralight" and "extralight". Similarly, consider placing 'medium' after, rather than before, 'book'.
              – Mico
              51 mins ago











            • You might be right. I, lazily, yanked the entries out of FiraSans.sty without further editing...
              – DG'
              49 mins ago
















            • +1. The visual clarity of the screenshot might be improved if you listed the fonts in order of weight. E.g., consider placing "light' after, rather than before, both "ultralight" and "extralight". Similarly, consider placing 'medium' after, rather than before, 'book'.
              – Mico
              51 mins ago











            • You might be right. I, lazily, yanked the entries out of FiraSans.sty without further editing...
              – DG'
              49 mins ago















            +1. The visual clarity of the screenshot might be improved if you listed the fonts in order of weight. E.g., consider placing "light' after, rather than before, both "ultralight" and "extralight". Similarly, consider placing 'medium' after, rather than before, 'book'.
            – Mico
            51 mins ago





            +1. The visual clarity of the screenshot might be improved if you listed the fonts in order of weight. E.g., consider placing "light' after, rather than before, both "ultralight" and "extralight". Similarly, consider placing 'medium' after, rather than before, 'book'.
            – Mico
            51 mins ago













            You might be right. I, lazily, yanked the entries out of FiraSans.sty without further editing...
            – DG'
            49 mins ago




            You might be right. I, lazily, yanked the entries out of FiraSans.sty without further editing...
            – DG'
            49 mins ago

















             

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