Condensed and narrow are terms that describe a typeface’s horizontal width, indicating a slimmed-down variation of the design’s standard proportions. Compressed faces take this constriction even further, representing an ultra-narrow style that typically sits alongside standard condensed options within a larger font family or superfamily.
These slender variations are never created by simply squeezing a normal font horizontally using design software, which would distort line weights and ruin the design. Instead, type designers completely redraw them from scratch, reshaping the inner proportions, stroke thicknesses, and angles relative to the original aesthetic to maintain visual integrity. On the typographic width spectrum, these compact styles occupy the exact opposite end from wide or extended typefaces.
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