wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with condensed.
The length of line required to set the alphabet of small, or lowercase, pica letters is 13 ems. If this alphabet takes more than 13 ems, it is said to be a fat or expanded face. If it takes less space, it is said to be lean or condensed.
A wide version of a particular typeface. Also known as extended.
expanded metal: sheet steel cut and stretched to form an almond shaped mesh
A typeface whose letters have been made wider without visually adding weight.
Pertaining to a type face that has characters whose width is greater than their height would generally dictate. Expanded type faces looked `stretched' horizontally.
A type design variation with more than normal set. Thus, a loosely spaced or wider than normal font.
a font in which the set widths of the characters are wider than in the standard typeface. (Note: not the intercharacter space -- that is accomplished through letterspacing -- but the characters themselves).
adj. A font style that sets characters farther apart than the normal spacing. Compare condensed.
Type which is stretched lengthways, the opposite of condensed, It is also known as extended