[Tex/LaTex] Use medium weight Fira Font

Question

I would like to use the medium weight Fira font in Latex but textmd doesn't seem to do anything. What am I doing wrong?

\usepackage[defaultsans]{FiraSans}

Hello \textmd{World}.

Hello \textbf{World}.

Here is what it looks like. As you can see, the first "World" is not any bolder than the regular text.

Answer 1

The FiraSans package uses mdweight to set regular text, so calling \textmd explicitly has no effect whatsoever. If you want to use a specific weight explicitly, you can use one of the commands defined in FiraSans.sty:

• \firathin
• \firaultralight
• \firaextralight
• \firalight
• \firabook
• \firamedium
• \firasemibold
• \firaextrabold
• \firaheavy

Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[sfdefault]{FiraSans}

\begin{document}

Hello {\firathin World}.

Hello {\firaultralight World}.

Hello {\firaextralight World}.

Hello {\firalight World}.

Hello {\firabook World}.

Hello {\firamedium World}.

Hello {\firasemibold World}.

Hello {\firaextrabold World}.

Hello {\firaheavy World}.

\end{document}