Nonwoven fabrics

Process for producing a nonwoven fabric comprising a plurality of polymeric filaments bonded together to form a nonwoven web, wherein the fabric has a weight of 6, 8 to 237 mg / m2 (0, 2 to 7, 0 oz / yd2), wherein the filaments have at least two different linear densities and those of higher linear density comprise at least 5% of the filaments, and wherein the higher linear density is at least 1, 1 mg / m (10 denier), comprising extruding a plurality of continuous filaments of the at least two different linear densities such that the filaments of higher linear density constituting at least about 5% of the filaments; directing the plurality of filaments through an attenuation device to draw the filaments on a collection surface to form a web; and form a multiplicity of distinct binding sites on the web to join together all the strands.