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Font weight

The font weight class sets the font-weight property. It controls how bold text is.

View GCDS typography guidance to choose the right font weight for your context.

Overview

CSS Shortcut class Applied style 
font-regular
 
font-weight: var(--gcds-font-weights-regular);
 
font-light
 
font-weight: var(--gcds-font-weights-light);
 
font-medium
 
font-weight: var(--gcds-font-weights-medium);
 
font-semibold
 
font-weight: var(--gcds-font-weights-semibold);
 
font-bold
 
font-weight: var(--gcds-font-weights-bold);

Examples

Regular
font-regular

This element uses the default font weight.

<p class="font-regular">
  This element uses the default font weight.
</p>

Light
font-light

This element uses a light font weight.

<p class="font-light">
  This element uses a light font weight.
</p>

Medium
font-medium

This element uses a medium font weight.

<p class="font-medium">
  This element uses a medium font weight.
</p>

Semi-bold
font-semibold

This element uses a semi-bold font weight.

<p class="font-semibold">
  This element uses a semi-bold font weight.
</p>

Bold
font-bold

This element uses a bold font weight.

<p>This element uses a <span class="font-bold"> bold</span> font weight.</p>

Conditional styling Apply this style to specific screen sizes Use a responsive layout prefix to apply this class only to a specified screen size. The available breakpoints are:

  • xs: > 480px
  • sm: > 640px
  • md: > 768px
  • lg: > 1024px
  • xl: > 1280px
  
<div class="xs:font-medium ...">
  ...
</div>

Learn more about the responsive layout prefix.

Apply this style to specific states Use a state prefix to apply this class only to a specified interaction state. The available states are:

  • hover
  • focus
  
<div class="hover:font-medium ...">
  ...
</div>

Learn more about the state prefix.

2025-10-01