CSS and Font Weights

HTML & CSS
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Hey! So, I’m trying to get a more advanced understanding of a few CSS concepts–at the moment, fonts.

I’ve read a few other posts on here on CSS and font-weight values and just trying to clarify. Is it fair to say that if a specified font-family (font-family: [some font family]) doesn’t come with a bold variant, the web browser will simulate a bold version as needed? In experimenting, I’ve specified font families that I know only have one weight variant, but when I specify bold I get a chunkier version of that font on screen.

Just trying to clarify. Thanks!

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You basically answered your own question, that is because that font family probably doesn’t have a font bold style (or that family doesn’t lend itself to being bold) and thusly it gets chunkier because it’s simulating bold.

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Thanks! I figured, but just wanted to confirm.

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