diff --git a/kitty/core_text.m b/kitty/core_text.m
index 29036ea2f..229e8dc54 100644
--- a/kitty/core_text.m
+++ b/kitty/core_text.m
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ font_descriptor_to_python(CTFontDescriptorRef descriptor) {
     NSString *style = (NSString *) CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute(descriptor, kCTFontStyleNameAttribute);
     NSDictionary *traits = (NSDictionary *) CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute(descriptor, kCTFontTraitsAttribute);
     unsigned int straits = [traits[(id)kCTFontSymbolicTrait] unsignedIntValue];
-    NSNumber *weightVal = traits[(id)kCTFontWeightTrait];
-    NSNumber *widthVal = traits[(id)kCTFontWidthTrait];
+    float *weightVal = [traits[(id)kCTFontWeightTrait] floatValue];
+    float widthVal = [traits[(id)kCTFontWidthTrait] floatValue];
 
-    PyObject *ans = Py_BuildValue("{ssssssss sOsOsO sfsfsI}",
+    PyObject *ans = Py_BuildValue("{ssssssss sOsOsOsOsOsO sfsfsI}",
             "path", [[url path] UTF8String],
             "postscript_name", [psName UTF8String],
             "family", [family UTF8String],
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@ font_descriptor_to_python(CTFontDescriptorRef descriptor) {
             "bold", (straits & kCTFontBoldTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
             "italic", (straits & kCTFontItalicTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
             "monospace", (straits & kCTFontMonoSpaceTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
+            "expanded", (straits & kCTFontExpandedTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
+            "condensed", (straits & kCTFontCondensedTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
+            "color_glyphs", (straits & kCTFontColorGlyphsTrait) != 0 ? Py_True : Py_False,
 
-            "weight", [weightVal floatValue],
-            "width", [widthVal floatValue],
+            "weight", weightVal,
+            "width", widthVal,
             "traits", straits
     );
     [url release];
diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index 4749e0c50..9333a8eaa 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -438,6 +438,9 @@ class CoreTextFont(TypedDict):
     style: str
     bold: bool
     italic: bool
+    expanded: bool
+    condensed: bool
+    color_glyphs: bool
     monospace: bool
     weight: float
     width: float
diff --git a/kitty/fonts/core_text.py b/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
index 20567a3a1..5061b0fb2 100644
--- a/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
+++ b/kitty/fonts/core_text.py
@@ -54,12 +54,13 @@ def find_best_match(family: str, bold: bool = False, italic: bool = False) -> Co
     q = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', family.lower())
     font_map = all_fonts_map()
 
-    def score(candidate: CoreTextFont) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+    def score(candidate: CoreTextFont) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
         style_match = 1 if candidate['bold'] == bold and candidate[
             'italic'
         ] == italic else 0
         monospace_match = 1 if candidate['monospace'] else 0
-        return style_match, monospace_match
+        is_regular_width = not candidate['expanded'] and not candidate['condensed']
+        return style_match, monospace_match, 1 if is_regular_width else 0
 
     # First look for an exact match
     for selector in ('ps_map', 'full_map'):