Font Weight and Style
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Along with their family and size, fonts can have weight and style. Font weight refers to how bold (or not bold) a font is. Font style refers to different faces that might exist within a given family.
Font Weight
Defining the weight of the font is done by using the font-weight property combined with an associated value. Values for weight include numeric (100-900, where 100 is very light, 900 is the darkest, and 400 is normal), the keyword normal (corresponding to a weight of 400), the keyword bold (equivalent to a weight ...
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