ultrabold

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ultra- +‎ bold

Adjective[edit]

ultrabold (comparative more ultrabold, superlative most ultrabold)

  1. (typography) Bolder than a typical bold typeface.
    • 1986, Lon Poole, Lon Poole's Mac Insights, page 195:
      Many commercial typefaces come in an "ultrabold" or "heavy bold" weight that is even larger than the regular bold available on the Mac. You can create ultrabold lettering in MacPaint as follows []
    • 2014, Rob Carter, Philip B[axter] Meggs, Ben Day, Sandra Maxa, Mark Sanders, Typographic Design: Form and Communication (Edition 6), →ISBN, page 45:
      In England, a classification standard has been developed that contains eight weights: extralight, light, semilight, medium, semibold, bold, extrabold, and ultrabold.
    • 2021, Heidrun Osterer, Philipp Stamm, Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces. The Complete Works (Edition 3), →ISBN, page 260:
      In Frutiger LT, for instance, the lowercase a of the regular font features a rather round curve terminal compared to a fairly flat one in the ultrabold font.