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Why is my font weight not working?
Its because the font size (9px) is too small to display bold. Try 11px or more and it works fine. Most browsers don’t fully support the numerical values for font-weight . If you need something bolder then you might want to try using a different font that’s bolder than your existing one.
What is black font weight?
1. Example: Lucida Basic font weights. Lucida Basic font weight names combine traditional weight names with CSS font-weight numbers. Names like “UltraThin”, “Thin”, “Normal”, and “Black” suggest the visual impression of each weight.
What is a normal font-weight?
Meaning of relative weights Note that when using relative weights, only four font weights are considered — thin (100), normal (400), bold (700), and heavy (900).
Can you change the font weight of Font Awesome?
Font Awesome does only come with one font-weight variant, however browsers will render this as they would render any font with only one variant. If you look closely, the normal font-weight isn’t as bold as the bold font-weight.
What should the font weight be for low vision?
People experiencing low vision conditions may have difficulty reading text set with a font-weight value of 100 (Thin/Hairline) or 200 (Extra Light), especially if the font has a low contrast color ratio.
How to calculate the font weight in CSS?
Syntax. font-weight: normal; font-weight: bold; font-weight: lighter; font-weight: bolder; font-weight: 100; font-weight: 200; font-weight: 300; font-weight: 400; // normal font-weight: 500; font-weight: 600; font-weight: 700; // bold font-weight: 800; font-weight: 900; font-weight: inherit; font-weight: initial; font-weight: unset;
What is the weight of an extra bold font?
100 to 900 roughly correspond to the following common weight names (see the OpenType specification): Value Common weight name 700 Bold 800 Extra Bold (Ultra Bold) 900 Black (Heavy) 950 Extra Black (Ultra Black)