[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62181: WP Admin b, strong has fixed weight of 600

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#62181: WP Admin b,strong has fixed weight of 600
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 Reporter:  launchinteractive  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration     |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  minor              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                     |     Focuses:  css
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Changes (by sabernhardt):

 * focuses:   => css
 * component:  Text Changes => Administration
 * version:  6.6.2 => 3.8


Old description:

> I've noticed that the wordpress admin has a fixed weight of 600 for b and
> strong tags. If I have a heading that has a bold appearance and then bold
> some text in the heading it doesn't become visible because all the text
> is set to 600.
>
> A simple solution would be to change the strong,b{font-weight:600;} in
> common.css to strong,b{font-weight:stronger;} and let the browser choose
> the bolder weight.
>
> I can create a patch for this, but I wanted to check if there is a reason
> why there is a fixed weight of 600. Does anyone know why?

New description:

 I've noticed that the WordPress admin has a fixed weight of `600` for `b`
 and `strong` tags. If I have a heading that has a bold appearance and then
 bold some text in the heading it doesn't become visible because all the
 text is set to `600`.

 A simple solution would be to change the `strong,b{font-weight:600;}` in
 `common.css` to `strong,b{font-weight:stronger;}` and let the browser
 choose the bolder weight.

 I can create a patch for this, but I wanted to check if there is a reason
 why there is a fixed weight of `600`. Does anyone know why?

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Comment:

 Hi and thanks for the report!

 The `font-weight` of `600` was added for `strong` and `b` elements in
 [26072], when the font was Open Sans.

 Also, [https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/wordpress-coding-
 standards/css/#values CSS Coding Standards] instruct to use numeric values
 for font weight.

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