Tailwind CSS Font Weight

Font weight is one of the important properties of typography. It determines how thick or thin the strokes of characters in your text will appear. In Tailwind CSS, you can easily customize the font weight of your text using the font-weight utility class.

Syntax

The following is the syntax for using the font-weight utility class:

<span class="font-[weight]">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</span>

Replace [weight] with one of the following values to set the desired font weight:

• thin
• extralight
• light
• normal
• medium
• semibold
• bold
• extrabold
• black

Example

Here is an example of how to use the font-weight utility class:

<p class="font-bold">This text has a bold font weight.</p>

Output

The above example will produce the following output:

This text has a bold font weight.

Explanation

The font-weight utility class is used to define the weight of the font for the selected element. In the example above, we have used font-bold to define a bold weight for our text.

Use

The font-weight utility class is useful when you need to set the font weight for a specific element that would otherwise inherit the font weight from a parent element. It is also useful when you want to apply different font weights to different elements on a webpage.

Important Points

• The font-weight can range from 100 to 900, and Tailwind CSS uses a descriptive name to represent each weight.
• The default value for font-weight is normal.
• The font-weight utility class can be combined with other utility classes, such as text-[color], text-[size], font-[family], and leading-[size] to create unique typography styles.

Summary

Font weight is an important property that determines the thickness of the strokes in your text. With Tailwind CSS, you can easily customize the font weight of your text by using the font-weight utility class. This class is useful when you need to set the font weight for a specific element or apply different font weights to different elements on a webpage. Remember to use the available font weights and combine the class with other utility classes to create unique typography styles.