font-weight

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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
<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
CSS Fonts Module Level 4
# font-weight-prop

Browser compatibility

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See also