Note: The OpenType specification
explicitly requires that weight values can be interpreted in direct comparison
to values for
usWeightClass
in the ‘OS/2’ table, or the CSS font-weight property. Our test font uses a
numeric range from 28 to 194. Therefore, applications will typically display
the rendered letters in a much thinner weight than the font designer probably expected.
However, the font’s weight axis is still within the permitted bounds (from 1 to 1000),
so this font is technically valid. In any case, an implementation should not distort
the glyphs to appear in reverse contrast.