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  1. Bug #1512111
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 1512111

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Iain Lane (laney) wrote : Re: [Bug 1512111] Re: "Ubuntu Light" font has heavier weight than "Ubuntu"

Ahoy Paul!

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 01:29:46PM -0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> The valid CSS would be:
>
> font-weight: lighter;
>
> In the case of explicitly wanting "Ubuntu Light", once everything is
> fixed, the CSS access will hopefully be just:
>
> font-family: "Ubuntu";
> font-weight: 300;

That works - see the second <p> in my test.html. In fact that one works
even in Chromium.

What seems to not work in Chromium (only, AFAICS) is defining a font
family using @font-face and selecting Ubuntu {,Regular,Light}
explicitly, defining their appropriate weights.

Cheers,

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