More than two font weights
- Forbidden
- Thin, light, regular, medium, semibold and bold across one interface
- Instead
- Two:
--font-weight-regular(400) and--font-weight-bold(600). Bold for headings and emphasis, regular for everything else.
What this rule looks like
Why this rule
Extra weights read as noise, are impossible to apply consistently, and add a decision to every text element. Reserve very thin or very heavy weights for large display text, where they are legible.
- Kind
- Rule
- Section
- Things to avoid
- Group
- Typography
- Bucket
- judgment
- Severity
- note
- Since
- v0.1.0