Why no F leads for any diameter other than 0.5 and 2.0?

Just to clarify, this is not exhaustively true, since KIN does produce at least 0.7 and 0.9 F leads.

But for the majority of 0.7, 0.9 and 1.3, as well as the entirety of 0.3 and 0.4, while leads as hard as (at least) 2H, as soft as 4B, and every non-F hardness in between are widely available, no one seems to offer leads in F.

(In contrast, everyone offers 0.5 F leads which makes me even more confused.)

Is F in those diameters simply too niche or is there something I’m missing?

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I have no idea why F isn’t offered in more sizes. Maybe not enough sales in the past? I’ve mostly used HB most of my life, although I loved using a wood #1 pencil in high school. I really need to put some of the softer leads in a pencil to try out.