font-weight-from-name

⚖ Get the font weight number from common names

Usage

import fontWeight from 'font-weight-from-name'
 
console.log(fontWeight('semibold')) // > 600
console.log(fontWeight('demi bold')) // > 600
// non-alpha characters are tossed, and capitalization is ignored
console.log(fontWeight('dEMi__ --- bOLD?!😉')) // > 600

Currently supported names/weights

⭐ Remember, capitalization and spacing doesn't matter.

Weight	Names
100	hairline, thin
200	extralight, ultralight
300	light
400	normal, regular
500	medium
600	demibold, semibold
700	bold
800	extrabold, ultrabold
900	black, heavy

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Install

With Yarn or npm installed, run:

yarn add font-weight-from-name
 
# ...or, if using `npm` 
npm install font-weight-from-name

Acknowledgments

font-weight-from-name was inspired by dan-gamble/postcss-font-weight-names

License

MIT