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AnotherMe
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February 4, 2018
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Why does this letter B always show up in my fonts properties?

  • February 4, 2018
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Why is this letter B always showing up in my Characters area within the Properties?  Does it have something to do with not being synced properly with TypeKit?

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Correct answer liz, Adobe Type

Hi there–

The "B" refers to the font weight. Adobe Gothic Std comes in two weights, L & B:

https://typekit.com/fonts/adobe-gothic

So where you'd see regular, bold, or italic for another font family, you will see L or B for Adobe Gothic Std.

I hope that this helps; let me know if you have any other questions here or at support@typekit.com.

Best,

-- liz

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liz, Adobe Type
Community Manager
liz, Adobe TypeCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
February 5, 2018

Hi there–

The "B" refers to the font weight. Adobe Gothic Std comes in two weights, L & B:

https://typekit.com/fonts/adobe-gothic

So where you'd see regular, bold, or italic for another font family, you will see L or B for Adobe Gothic Std.

I hope that this helps; let me know if you have any other questions here or at support@typekit.com.

Best,

-- liz

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AnotherMeAuthor
Inspiring
February 5, 2018

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Liz%2C+Typekit+Support  wrote

Hi there–

The "B" refers to the font weight. Adobe Gothic Std comes in two weights, L & B:

https://typekit.com/fonts/adobe-gothic

So where you'd see regular, bold, or italic for another font family, you will see L or B for Adobe Gothic Std.

I hope that this helps; let me know if you have any other questions here or at support@typekit.com.

Best,

-- liz

Thanks! So the B and L stand for?

liz, Adobe Type
Community Manager
liz, Adobe TypeCommunity Manager
Community Manager
February 5, 2018

The L & B correspond to the light and bold font weights. (In the web font files for Adobe Gothic Std, these are the 300 & 700, respectively.)

Some other abbreviated weight names you may see when working with Japanese fonts are EL, R, M, SB, and H.

EL - extralight

R - regular

M - medium

SB - semibold

H- heavy

Let me know if you have any other questions!

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    February 4, 2018

    Captivate seems to be corrupted. Clear the cache and clean the Preferences. I  never did see that B and I use a lot of Typekit fonts.

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