* Font Weight: This determines the thickness of the strokes that make up the characters. Common weights include:
* Light/Thin: Very fine strokes.
* Regular/Normal: The standard weight for the font.
* Medium: Slightly heavier than regular.
* Bold/Heavy: Significantly thicker strokes.
* Black/Extra Bold: The thickest strokes.
* Font Style: While not directly making a character thicker, it can visually contribute to a "darker" appearance:
* Bold: (as mentioned above) This is the most common way to make text appear thicker and darker.
* Italic: This slants the characters, and while not thicker in the same way as bold, the increased density of the letters in a line can make it appear slightly darker.
Which Characters are Affected?
* All characters are affected when you apply a bolder font weight. Every letter, number, symbol, and punctuation mark will have thicker strokes.
* Italicized characters are visually denser.
In Summary:
If you want characters to be thicker and darker, you need to change the font weight to something like Bold or Heavy. All characters in the selected text will be affected proportionally.
Example:
Let's say you have the sentence: "This is a test."
* Regular: This is a test.
* Bold: This is a test. (Notice all the characters are thicker)
* Italic: *This is a test.* (Notice the characters are slanted and visually denser)
* Bold Italic: *__This is a test.__* (The thickest and "darkest" option, combining both properties)