: Are light type face versions simply thinner than the roman (regular) ones? I am taking a regular version of a typeface I love and making a light version of it, and I'm wondering: Is the

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I am taking a regular version of a typeface I love and making a light version of it, and I'm wondering:

Is the light version just an inset of the regular version?
Are there any special considerations I am missing?

This is my first albeit tenuous foray into type design, and while I have experience with and appreciate good typography, I have never actually got my hands dirty in making or altering a type face.

Extra credit question: Am I using the terms correctly here? I understand typeface is the term for the design of type but at what point should I be using the term font?

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The short answer is: no. “Light” is not universally just thinner/inset incarnation of “regular”. It might be, but not necessary (if it would be then each “regular” version should be taller than “light”, because top and bottom curves would be moved to the inside too). “Light” version can sport some changes in shape when compared to “regular” (e.g. they can miss “ink traps” present in their thicker counterparts, have more protruded serifs etc.), as long as both “feel”/appear of the same style.

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