Tailwind CSS tutorial #19: Font Weight

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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>

Full code:
The overall code will be attached to repo link.

Overall Output

Resources:
tailwind.css

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