Basic usage
Setting the font weight
Control the font weight of an element using the font-{weight}
utilities.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
<p class="font-light ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>
<p class="font-normal ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>
<p class="font-medium ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>
<p class="font-semibold ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>
<p class="font-bold ...">The quick brown fox ...</p>
Applying conditionally
Hover, focus, and other states
Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:font-bold
to only apply the font-bold
utility on hover.
<p class="font-normal hover:font-bold">
<!-- ... -->
</p>
For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.
Breakpoints and media queries
You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:font-bold
to apply the font-bold
utility at only medium screen sizes and above.
<p class="font-normal md:font-bold">
<!-- ... -->
</p>
To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.
Using custom values
Customizing your theme
By default, Tailwind provides 10 font-weight
utilities. You change, add, or remove these by editing the theme.fontWeight
section of your Tailwind config.
module.exports = { theme: { fontWeight: { hairline: 100, 'extra-light': 100, thin: 200, light: 300, normal: 400, medium: 500, semibold: 600, bold: 700, extrabold: 800, 'extra-bold': 800, black: 900, } }}
Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.
Arbitrary values
If you need to use a one-off font-weight
value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.
<p class="font-[1100]">
<!-- ... -->
</p>
Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.