And the bold, I'm hoping

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Well, apparently, it's just *that* bold, and in fact, the lightest rendering mode is the autohinter.
EDIT: Haha! It's that bold, because there's also a SemiBold weight

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Which ones are you using? (If you're *not* using any of the bold variants, the boldening will be synthetic, and that's also usually ends up being *very* bold).