font-weight

Support Key: [CSS1|CSS2] [IE3B1|N4B2|O3.5]
Other Font Properties
font-size-adjust
font-stretch
font
font-style
font-variant
font-size
font-family
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Default Value:
normal
Applicable Elements:
All
Inherit From Parent:
Yes
Applicable Media:
Visual
HTML Equivalent:
<b>
What is it?
This property describes the font thickness of a section. Its value can be absolute or relative to the parent container thickness if it has one. Child elements inherit the resulting weight, not the keyword value. If the desired font-weight is not available to the browser, the nearest approximation should be used.

Allowed Values
inherit
[CSS2] [N6|O7]
Type: Explicit
Description:
Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.
100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900
[CSS1|CSS2] [IE4B1|N4B2|O3.5]
Type: Explicit
Description:
These values are absolute font weights on a scale. As such, it allows much greater control than the HTML <b> element it replaces. The values 'normal' and 'bold' listed below map to 400 and 700 respectively.
normal | bold
[CSS1|CSS2] [IE3B1|N4B2|O3.5]
Type: Explicit
Description:
These values are simple toggles to allow an author to specify a section as bold or not bold.
lighter | bolder
[CSS1|CSS2] [IE4B1|N4B2|O3.5]
Type: Calculated
Description:
These values select the next higher or lower value on the font weight scale relative to the weight inherited from the parent if possible.
Example
Ext/Doc: em { font-weight: lighter }
In-Line:  <em STYLE="font-weight: lighter">text</em>
Browser Peculiarities

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