[Tex/LaTex] Change font blackness

Question

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec,kantlipsum}

\begin{document}
\fontspec[Scale=0.9]{Trebuchet MS}

\kant[1]
\end{document}

I'm using XeLaTeX but the text is way to black, it's like if I were writing the whole document by using \textbf{}. Is there a way to get a 'softer' font? Not too black I mean.

Answer 1

Define your colour shade of black first and then add that to the font specification using the Color (or Colour) key-value:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec,lipsum,xcolor}

\begin{document}

\fontspec[Scale=0.9]{Trebuchet MS}

\lipsum[1]

\definecolor{myblack}{rgb}{.7,.7,.7}% 30% black
\addfontfeature{Color=myblack}%

\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Combined usage would be

\definecolor{myblack}{rgb}{..,..,..}
\fontspec[Scale=0.9,Color=myblack]{Trebuchet MS}