For a use in very small sizes, we need to slightly increase the width, in order to optimize counters. At the same time, tracking must be wider than for a usual body size: this will prevent, for instance, two letters from merging together. In the Minuscule, tracking is made important on purpose, and it increases as the sizes reduce. On the left, the five versions of the Minuscule : Minuscule Six, Cinq, Quatre, Trois et Deux. Regular and Italic versions have the same width.