diff --git a/crates/doc/src/tests.rs b/crates/doc/src/tests.rs
index a0e3e17b0..0964f2e46 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/tests.rs
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ fn text_case() {
     assert_eq!(style_weight("Semi Bold Italic"), 600);
     assert_eq!(style_weight("Black"), 900);
     assert_eq!(style_weight("Regular"), 400);
+    assert_eq!(style_weight("Hairline"), 100);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/text.rs b/crates/doc/src/text.rs
index 0c41d3c9a..a0850ec83 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/text.rs
@@ -389,8 +389,9 @@ pub fn style_weight(style: &str) -> u16 {
     {
         return n;
     }
-    let table: [(&str, u16); 10] = [
+    let table: [(&str, u16); 11] = [
         ("thin", 100),
+        ("hairline", 100),
         ("extralight", 200),
         ("ultralight", 200),
         ("light", 300),
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs
index c2b9043c3..31008533a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs
@@ -122,14 +122,23 @@ fn toggle_italic(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     })
 }
 
-/// What a style name says besides its weight and slant ("Narrow Bold Italic" → "narrow").
+/// Hiragino's weight names: "W3" is 300.
+fn w_number(word: &str) -> Option<u16> {
+    let n = word.strip_prefix('w')?.parse::<u16>().ok()?;
+    (1..=9).contains(&n).then_some(n * 100)
+}
+
+/// What a style name says besides its weight and slant ("Narrow Bold Italic" → "narrow",
+/// "Extra Condensed Bold" → "extra condensed").
 fn style_rest(style: &str) -> String {
-    const WORDS: [&str; 25] = [
+    const WEIGHTS: [&str; 25] = [
         "thin",
         "hairline",
         "extralight",
         "ultralight",
         "light",
+        "semilight",
+        "demilight",
         "regular",
         "normal",
         "roman",
@@ -141,40 +150,64 @@ fn style_rest(style: &str) -> String {
         "extrabold",
         "ultrabold",
         "black",
+        "extrablack",
+        "ultrablack",
         "heavy",
-        "semi",
-        "demi",
-        "extra",
-        "ultra",
         "italic",
         "oblique",
         "plain",
         "standard",
     ];
+    // Words that grade the weight word after them ("Extra Bold") but a width otherwise ("Extra Condensed").
+    const GRADES: [&str; 4] = ["extra", "ultra", "semi", "demi"];
     let s = style.to_ascii_lowercase().replace('-', " ");
-    let words = s.split_whitespace().filter(|w| !WORDS.contains(w) && !w.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()));
-    words.collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ")
+    let words: Vec<&str> = s.split_whitespace().collect();
+    let weight = |w: &str| WEIGHTS.contains(&w) || w_number(w).is_some() || w.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit());
+    let rest = words.iter().enumerate().filter(|(i, w)| {
+        let graded = GRADES.contains(w) && words.get(i + 1).is_some_and(|next| weight(next) && !matches!(*next, "italic" | "oblique"));
+        !weight(w) && !graded
+    });
+    rest.map(|(_, w)| *w).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ")
 }
 
+/// A style name that slants: italic, or oblique as some families name it.
 fn slanted(style: &str) -> bool {
     let s = style.to_ascii_lowercase();
     s.contains("italic") || s.contains("oblique")
 }
 
-/// The next heavier (`up`) or lighter style of `styles` (a family's) after the chars' style: the
-/// nearest weight with the same slant and width, as the style menu lists them. None when the family
-/// has nothing further that way.
+/// The weight a style name says ("W3" too).
+fn name_weight(style: &str) -> u16 {
+    w_number(&style.to_ascii_lowercase()).unwrap_or_else(|| figcraft_doc::style_weight(style))
+}
+
+/// The next heavier (`up`) or lighter style of `styles` (a family's, lightest first, as the style
+/// menu lists them) after the chars' style, with the same slant and width. The chars' style is
+/// found in the list by name and its neighbour taken; a style the family doesn't have, or a custom
+/// weight axis value, goes to the nearest weight that way. None when the family has nothing further.
 pub(crate) fn next_style(styles: &[String], st: &TextStyle, up: bool) -> Option<String> {
-    let (w, italic, rest) = (i32::from(st.weight()), st.italic(), style_rest(&st.font_style));
-    styles
-        .iter()
-        .filter(|x| slanted(x) == italic && style_rest(x) == rest)
-        .map(|x| (i32::from(figcraft_doc::style_weight(x)) - w, x))
+    let italic = st.italic() || slanted(&st.font_style);
+    let rest = style_rest(&st.font_style);
+    let mut same: Vec<&String> = styles.iter().filter(|x| slanted(x) == italic && style_rest(x) == rest).collect();
+    let norm = |s: &str| s.to_lowercase().replace([' ', '-', '_'], "");
+    let here = same.iter().position(|x| norm(x) == norm(&st.font_style));
+    if let Some(i) = here.filter(|_| !st.variations.contains_key("wght")) {
+        let next = if up { i.checked_add(1) } else { i.checked_sub(1) };
+        return next.and_then(|n| same.get(n)).map(|x| (*x).clone());
+    }
+    let w = i32::from(st.weight());
+    // Of equal weights, the one nearest in the family's order: the first going up, the last going down.
+    if !up {
+        same.reverse();
+    }
+    same.into_iter()
+        .map(|x| (i32::from(name_weight(x)) - w, x))
         .filter(|(d, _)| if up { *d > 0 } else { *d < 0 })
         .min_by_key(|(d, _)| d.abs())
         .map(|(_, x)| x.clone())
 }
 
+/// `text.weightUp` / `text.weightDown`: each targeted run moves to the next style of its family.
 fn step_weight(s: &mut Session, p: &Value, up: bool) -> Result<Value> {
     style(s, p, |st| {
         let styles = figcraft_text::family_styles(&st.font_family);
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/text_weight_step_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/text_weight_step_tests.rs
index f3f7fa587..f3647d77d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/text_weight_step_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/text_weight_step_tests.rs
@@ -38,11 +38,39 @@ fn the_steps_follow_the_family_with_the_same_slant_and_width() {
     assert_eq!(walk(&arial, "Narrow Bold Italic", false), ["Narrow Italic"]);
     let segoe = styles(&["Light", "Semilight", "Regular", "Italic", "Semibold", "Bold", "Black", "Bold Italic"]);
     assert_eq!(walk(&segoe, "Regular", true), ["Semibold", "Bold", "Black"]);
-    assert_eq!(walk(&segoe, "Regular", false), ["Light"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&segoe, "Regular", false), ["Semilight", "Light"]);
     // A style the family doesn't have (as the old steps stored) moves to the next real one.
     assert_eq!(next_style(&segoe, &at("Medium"), true).as_deref(), Some("Semibold"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn extra_and_semi_before_a_width_keep_the_width() {
+    let family = styles(&["Extra Condensed Regular", "Condensed Regular", "Condensed Bold", "Extra Condensed Bold", "Semi Condensed Extra Bold"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&family, "Extra Condensed Regular", true), ["Extra Condensed Bold"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&family, "Condensed Bold", false), ["Condensed Regular"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&family, "Semi Condensed Extra Bold", false), Vec::<String>::new());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn oblique_names_step_to_oblique_faces() {
+    let dejavu = styles(&["Book", "Oblique", "Bold", "Bold Oblique"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&dejavu, "Oblique", true), ["Bold Oblique"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&dejavu, "Bold Oblique", false), ["Oblique"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&dejavu, "Book", true), ["Bold"]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hairline_and_w_numbers_are_weights() {
+    let family = styles(&["Hairline", "Thin", "Regular", "Bold"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&family, "Regular", false), ["Thin", "Hairline"]);
+    // Off the list (a stored style the family lacks): by weight, the nearer of two equal ones.
+    assert_eq!(next_style(&family, &at("Extra Light"), false).as_deref(), Some("Thin"));
+    assert_eq!(next_style(&family, &at("Extra Light"), true).as_deref(), Some("Regular"));
+    let hiragino = styles(&["W3", "W6"]);
+    assert_eq!(walk(&hiragino, "W3", true), ["W6"]);
+    assert_eq!(next_style(&hiragino, &at("Bold"), false).as_deref(), Some("W6"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn a_custom_weight_axis_value_steps_from_where_it_is() {
     let family = styles(&["Light", "Regular", "Medium", "Bold"]);
@@ -59,19 +87,19 @@ fn font_style(s: &Session, t: NodeId) -> String {
 #[test]
 fn the_commands_land_on_styles_the_family_has() {
     figcraft_text::scan_system_fonts();
-    // Any installed family with a regular face and a heavier upright one (CI machines differ).
-    let upright = |x: &String| !x.to_lowercase().contains("italic") && !x.to_lowercase().contains("oblique");
+    // Any installed family with a Regular face and a style the step takes it to (CI machines differ).
     let pick = figcraft_text::family_names().into_iter().find_map(|f| {
         let st = figcraft_text::family_styles(&f);
-        (st.iter().any(|x| x == "Regular") && st.iter().any(|x| upright(x) && figcraft_doc::style_weight(x) > 400)).then_some((f, st))
+        let up = next_style(&st, &at("Regular"), true).filter(|_| st.iter().any(|x| x == "Regular"))?;
+        Some((f, st, up))
     });
-    let Some((family, styles)) = pick else { return };
+    let Some((family, styles, heavier)) = pick else { return };
     let mut s = Session::new();
     let r = s.execute("node.create", &json!({"type": "text", "text": "Hi", "props": {"fontFamily": family, "fontStyle": "Regular"}})).unwrap();
     let t = crate::params::id_of(&r["id"]).unwrap();
     s.execute("text.weightUp", &json!({"ids": [t]})).unwrap();
     let up = font_style(&s, t);
-    assert!(styles.contains(&up) && figcraft_doc::style_weight(&up) > 400, "{family}: {up} of {styles:?}");
+    assert_eq!(up, heavier, "{family}: {styles:?}");
     s.execute("text.weightDown", &json!({"ids": [t]})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(font_style(&s, t), "Regular", "{family}: {styles:?}");
     // A family that isn't installed still steps by 100 under the canonical names.