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Mar 6, 2004, 21:27 #1
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10px font won't display bold?
I have some type set to this class:
.links {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
}
The type won't display bold. Plain plain plain. Why why why?
Even if place <strong></strong> tags around the text in question, it's still plain, weak text.
Help!
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Mar 6, 2004, 21:54 #2
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Do you have any other CSS declarations that might be overriding your bold setting?
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Mar 6, 2004, 21:56 #3
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Unfortuntely (fortunately?), no, I don't.
I just changed the type size to 11px instead of 10px, and it bolds fine.
I don't recall ever hearing that you can't make 10px-size type bold, though. Did I miss that memo?
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Mar 6, 2004, 22:32 #4
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I've seen this before...think it may be a platform determination based on legibility considerations. Tiny, bolded Arial is pretty hard to read; try using "Arial Black" and you'll see.
http://www.wpdfd.com/wpdtypo.htm::: certified wild guess :::
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Mar 6, 2004, 22:40 #5
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Arial bold at 10px looks normal. Try Verdana instead (same size) or change the size to 11px. Sorry, there's no other way around this.
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I've run into this also. Depending on font size and user text size option, the bold will sometimes disappear. I try to find the combo that covers the most situations.
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