félkövér

From fél (“half”) +‎ kövér (“fat”), calque of German halbfett (“semibold”), from halb (“half”) + fett (“fat, bold”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fél‧kö‧vér
• Rhymes: -eːr

félkövér (not comparable)

1. (typography) bold (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
2. (typography) semibold (thicker than the regular weight, but not as thick as the bold)

The word félkövér can mean different weights of a font depending on context. In desktop publishing, it often refers to the semibold weight of a large type family that also has a bold weight (kövér). However, the localized Hungarian versions of all leading word processors use félkövér as a mistranslation of “bold”, that is, the only available boldface in such programs, or the computer-generated fake bold that they offer. Since word processors are nowadays ubiquitous, the incorrect meaning is much more prevalent than the literal translation.

• félkövér in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN