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CSS - font-weight
Description
The font-weight property alters the visual weight of characters in an element.
Possible Values
100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 and 900 − Defines from thin to thick characters. 400 is the same as normal, and 700 is the same as bold.
normal − Default. Defines normal characters and equivalent to the value 400.
bold − Equivalent to the value 700.
bolder − The font characters for the element should be heavier than those of the parent element.
lighter − The font characters for the element should be lighter than those of the parent element.
Applies to
All the HTML elements.
DOM Syntax
object.style.fontWeight = "900";
Example
Here is the example using this property −
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p style = "font-weight:bold;">
This font is bold.
</p>
<p style = "font-weight:bolder;">
This font is bolder.
</p>
<p style = "font-weight:500;">
This font is 500 weight.
</p>
</body>
</html>
This will produce following result −
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