WH, archtop guitars are an inherently stronger design than flattop guitars are, and unless the guitar already has neck problems, you can probably go heavier with the strings. Most 20th Century factory-built acoustic archtops are most efficiently driven by beefier strings than you might expect.
So, sure, you can put wispy extra lights on the guitar if you feel that you must, but you’ll almost certainly get more tone out of it with mediums or heavier. That’s why the guitar probably had put on it at the factory when it in production. Dialing in the string height is easily done by using the thumbscrews on the bridge.
Hope this helps.
Wade Hampton Miller
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