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Tailwind CSS tutorial #19: Font Weight

In the article, we will go into detail on how to use font-weight.

Font Weight

Format

font-{weight}

Alignment Tailwind Class CSS Property
font-thin font-thin font-weight: 100;
font-extralight font-extralight font-weight: 200;
font-light font-light font-weight: 300;
font-normal font-normal font-weight: 400;
font-medium font-medium font-weight: 500;
font-semibold font-semibold font-weight: 600;
font-bold font-bold font-weight: 700;
Font-extrabold font-extrabold font-weight: 800;
Font-black font-bold font-weight: 900;

Setting the font weight

Control the font weight of an element using the font-{weight} utilities.

Code

<ul class="container mx-auto leading-none divide-y divide-gray-400 divide-dotted" style="font-family: Raleway">
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <div>
      <div class="font-light text-5xl align-middle mb-2">Hello World</div>
    </div>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">font-light   </div>
  </li>
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <div>
      <div class="font-normal text-5xl align-middle mb-2">Hello World</div>
    </div>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">font-normal  </div>
  </li>
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <div>
      <div class="font-medium text-5xl align-middle mb-2">Hello World</div>
    </div>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">font-medium  </div>
  </li>
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <div>
      <div class="font-semibold text-5xl align-middle mb-2">Hello World</div>
    </div>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">font-semibold</div>
  </li>
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <div>
      <div class="font-bold text-5xl align-middle mb-2">Hello World</div>
    </div>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">font-bold    </div>
  </li>
</ul>
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Resources:
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Jatin Sharma

You can also use Arbitrary values such as font-[700] or font-[1000]

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