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Asked: 2026-05-21T07:51:53+00:00

What is the difference between font-weight: bolder; and font-weight: bold; styles? I never met

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What is the difference between font-weight: bolder; and font-weight: bold; styles?

I never met such style until today, when I found it in our project’s CSS file. Result is the same visually (tested on Ubuntu 10.10, Firefox 3.6.15).

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    bolder is a relative font weight:

    The ‘bolder’ and ‘lighter’ values select font weights that are relative to the weight inherited from the parent

    bolder and lighterare even part of the official spec. How they are interpreted and displayed is up to the browser.

    The fact that they appear the same visually is because most browsers don’t properly support font weight variations beyond bold and normal.

    Here’s a question with background info: Are all CSS font-weight property's values useful?

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