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### Widths

The width of a font specifies the compression or expansion of the font. Arranged from narrowest to widest (more or less):

         ultra compressed, extra condensed, compressed, condensed, narrow
         regular
         extended, expanded, wide

Expansion or compression of fonts is sometimes done automatically (as by the PostScript `scale` operator), and sometimes done by humans. In the latter case, the human will also presumably choose a font name which includes `Extended' or `Expanded' or `Condensed' or `Narrow' or whatever according to their own preferences; the abbreviation can follow along. When creating a new synthetically expanded or compressed font for use with TeX, e.g., with Afm2tfm or `fontinst`, use `n` and `e`.

Here is the table, from the file `width.map`. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and any parts of a PostScript `FontName` which use that abbreviation.

         c Condensed Cond
         e Expanded
         n Narrow
         o UltraCondensed
         p Compressed Compact
         q ExtraCompressed ExtraCondensed
         r Normal Medium Regular (usually omitted)
         t Thin
         u UltraCompressed
         v ExtraExpanded more than Expanded, less than Wide
         w Wide
         x Extended Elongated