I'm not sure about this but looking at the font list I'm thinking that all the
fallback fonts would work OK the way you want, but that double bolding might
occur on the Helvetica Neue because you specify a bold weight then the 700 of
that bold weight. So you're bolding the bold, as it were.
regards, Peter
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> On 11 May 2018, at 21:57, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Listers,
>
> Seems like an old issue, but I can't seem to find what I need.
>
> I am using some web fonts from a service and am looking for recommendations
> on avoiding incorrect font rendering in browsers.
>
> I am including their css file in the head of my page, which has
> the @font-face declarations without font-weight, etc. then reference a font
> like this:
>
> b{
> font-family:'HelveticaNeueW01-75Bold', Arial, Helmet, Freesans,
> Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-weight: 700;
> font-style: normal;
> }
>
> font family plus fallbacks, weight and style.
>
> In firefox, the fonts are apparently 'double bolded'.
>
> I also have issues sometimes where, with other fonts, safari won't show
> bold.
>
> What do you use for fixing issues like these?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
>
> Tom Livingston
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