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font-weight property

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Specifies the font weight of the text.

The currentStyle.fontWeight JavaScript property returns only integer values (100 - 900) in Internet Explorer.

JavaScript page for this property: fontWeight. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

One of the following values:

normal

Font is normal.

bold

Font is bold.

bolder

Font is bolder.

lighter

Font is lighter.

100

Not bolder than 200 weight.

200

Not bolder than 300 weight.

300

Not bolder than 400 weight.

400

Font is normal.

500

Not lighter than 400 weight and not bolder than 600 weight.

600

Not bolder than 700 weight.

700

Font is bold.

800

Not lighter than 700 weight.

900

Not lighter than 800 weight.

inherit

Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.

Default: normal.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the font-weight property:

<head>
    <style>
        .normal {
            font-weight: normal;
        }
        .bold {
            font-weight: bold;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <span class="normal">font-weight: normal</span>
    <span class="bold">font-weight: bold</span>
</body>