Translations for typographical terms in CLDR

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Axis and Styles

• `ital`: italic
  • `ital-1`: cursive
• `opsz`: optical size (in points)
  • `opsz-8`: caption
  • `opsz-12`: text
  • `opsz-18`: titling
  • `opsz-72`: display
  • `opsz-144`: poster
• `slnt`: slant (in degrees)
  • `slnt--12`: backslanted
  • `slnt-0`: upright
  • `slnt-12`: slanted
  • `slnt-24`: extra-slanted
• `wdth`: width (percentages), expansion or compression
  • `wdth-50`: ultracondensed
    • `wdth-50-compressed`: ultracompressed
    • `wdth-50-narrow`: ultranarrow
  • `wdth-62.5`: extra-condensed
    • `wdth-62.5-compressed`: extra-compressed
    • `wdth-62.5-narrow`: extra-narrow
  • `wdth-75`: condensed
    • `wdth-75-compressed`: compressed
    • `wdth-75-narrow`: compressed
  • `wdth-87.5`: semicondensed
    • `wdth-87.5-compressed`: semicompressed
    • `wdth-87.5-narrow`: seminarrow
  • `wdth-100`: normal
  • `wdth-112.5`: semiexpanded
    • `wdth-112.5-extended`: semiextended
    • `wdth-112.5-wide`: semiwide
  • `wdth-125`: expanded
    • `wdth-125-extended`: extended
    • `wdth-125-wide`: wide
  • `wdth-150`: extra-expanded
    • `wdth-150-extended`: extra-extended
    • `wdth-150-wide`: extra-wide
  • `wdth-200`: ultraexpanded
    • `wdth-200-extended`: ultraextended
    • `wdth-200-wide`: ultrawide
• `wght`: weight “boldness”
  • `wght-100`: thin
  • `wght-200`: extra-light
  • `wght-200-ultra`: ultralight
  • `wght-300`: light
  • `wght-350`: semilight
  • `wght-380`: book
  • `wght-400`: regular
  • `wght-500`: medium
  • `wght-600`: semibold
    • `wght-600-demi`: demibold
  • `wght-700`: bold
  • `wght-800`: extra-bold
  • `wght-900`: black
    • `wght-900-heavy`: heavy
  • `wght-950`: extra-black
    • `wght-950-ultrablack`: ultrablack
    • `wght-950-ultraheavy`: ultraheavy

Features

• `afrc`: vertical fractions
• `cpsp`: capital spacing
• `dlig`: optional ligatures
• `frac`: diagonal fractions
• `lnum`: lining numbers
• `onum`: old-style figures
• `ordn`: ordinals
• `pnum`: proportional numbers
• `smcp`: small capitals
• `tnum`: tabular numbers
• `zero`: slashed zero