How to use "font-weight" ?

[Peter_S]

Hi,

Does "font-weight" readlly do something? (beside the values 400 and 700).

I am trying to make a font between "normal" and "bold", which should be values 500 and 600, but it ends to be normal or bold , nothing intermediate.

May be I am missing something.

Thank you,

[lucy24]

Doesn't it depend on the user's OS? Ostensibly Windows makes a finer distinction, while Mac doesn't. For the foreseeable future it's safest to stick with "bold" and "normal".

[robzilla]

You would need a font that supports those values. Many fonts only provide for the defaults 400 (normal) and 700 (bold).

[Peter_S]

You would need a font that supports those values. Many fonts only provide for the defaults 400 (normal) and 700 (bold).

Of course! Silly me!

Thank you robzilla, and lucy24 too.

[lucy24]

You would need a font that supports those values.

If the font doesn't come in bold, but the CSS and/or HTML specifies bold, the browser will improvise. Results are not nearly as ghastly as when it tries to “italicize” a font that doesn't come in italic by simply slanting the whole thing.