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CSS CSS Selectors Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes Element States Pseudo-Classes

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points
Posted by Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points

font-weight: bolder;

What does this line mean?

3 Answers

Josh Nichols
Josh Nichols
11,382 Points
Josh Nichols
Josh Nichols
11,382 Points

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-weight

bolder: One font weight heavier than the parent element (among the available weights of the font).

Numeric font weights are more accurate. I'd use those if you need more than just bold.

Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points
Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points

It's a property value for the font that thickens the characters.

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points
Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points

Thank you both.

Sean :-)