CSS Property: font-weight
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The CSS (CSS1) font-weight property indicates how
thick or thin (i.e. bold or not) characters should be in the text of an element.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
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Value
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Description
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100, 200,
300, 400, 500,
600, 700, 800,
900
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Number selects from
very thin to very thick (400 is normal, 700 is bold)
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bold
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Bold text
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bolder
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Very bold text
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lighter
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Lighter text
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normal
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(default value). Normal
text
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Default Value:
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normal
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.fontWeight="bold"
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Inherited:
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Yes
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Animatable:
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Yes
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
div {width: 100px; border: 1px dotted black;}
.x1 {font-weight: bold;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Element with default property<br>
<div>abcdefgh</div><br>
Property set using in-file HTML style<br>
<div class="x1">abcdefgh</div><br>
Property set using JavaScript<br>
<div id="x2">abcdefgh</div>
<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.fontWeight = "bold";
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyFontWeight() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.fontWeight = "bold"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).fontWeight == "bold");
} |
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