a bulk softness of less than 10 ts7 as tested by a tsa in an exemplary embodiment the tissue of the present invention also has a basis weight for each ply of less than 22 grams per square meter for such a soft thin tissue the initial processing conditions may be defined so as to have a moisture content between 1 5 to 5 in another exemplary embodiment the tissue of the present invention has a basis weight for each ply of at least 17 grams per square meter more preferably at least 20 grams per square meter and most preferably at least 22 grams per square meter tissue according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention has a good tensile strength in combination with improved softness and or a lower basis weight or caliper as compared to conventional tissue without being bound by theory it is believed that the process of the present invention allows the tissue to retain more strength while still having superior softness without the need to increase the thickness or weight of the tissue specifically the tissue of the present invention may have improved softness and or strength while having a caliper of less than 650 microns tissue according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention has a combination of improved softness with a high degree of uniformity of surface features fig2 shows a micrograph of the surface of a tissue according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention without a topical additive and fig3 shows a micrograph of the surface of a conventional through air dried tissue with a flattened surface texture the tissue of fig2 has a high degree of uniformity.