font-weight

SVG Elements
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2. B-C
3. D
  1. <defs>
  2. <desc>
4. E
  1. <ellipse>
5. F
6. G
7. H
  1. <hkern>
8. I
  1. <image>
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  1. <line>
  2. <linearGradient>
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11. N-P
12. Q-R
  1. <radialGradient>
  2. <rect>
13. S
  1. <script>
  2. <set>
  3. <stop>
  4. <style>
  5. <svg>
  6. <switch>
  7. <symbol>
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15. U
  1. <use>
16. V-Z
  1. <view>
  2. <vkern>

The font-weight attribute refers to the boldness or lightness of the glyphs used to render the text, relative to other fonts in the same font family.

Note: As a presentation attribute, font-weight can be used as a CSS property. See the css font-weight property for more information.

You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:

Example

html, body, svg {
  height: 100%;
}

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text y="20" font-weight="normal">Normal text</text>
  <text x="100" y="20" font-weight="bold">Bold text</text>
</svg>

Usage notes

Value	`normal` \| `bold` \| `bolder` \| `lighter` \| `<number>`
Default value	`normal`
Animatable	Yes

For a description of the values, please refer to the CSS font-weight property.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Fonts Module Level 4 The definition of 'font-weight' in that specification.	Working Draft	Defines `font-weight` to accept any numbers between 1 and 1000.
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 The definition of 'font-weight' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of 'font-weight' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

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