CSS very thin font? [closed]

Answer 1

I use Google Fonts. A thin example:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Raleway

Answer 2

Google is using their font API and CSS's @font-face

See the following reference in their code:

<link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600,700&amp;subset=latin" rel="stylesheet">

Below is the exact definition that "registers" said font:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Open Sans';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Open Sans'), local('OpenSans'), url('http://themes.googleusercontent.com/static/fonts/opensans/v5/cJZKeOuBrn4kERxqtaUH3T8E0i7KZn-EPnyo3HZu7kw.woff') format('woff');
}

Then they simply apply that font to element/s:

h1, h2, h3, h4, blockquote, q, .maia-nav ul {
   font-family: 'open sans',arial,sans-serif;
}

Note: @font-face fonts don't render crisply on downlevel browsers. If you need to support them try - http://cufon.shoqolate.com/

Answer 3

Just grab that font from Google's Web Fonts.

Select the fonts you want, select the styles (bold, italic, etc.) and Google will give you a <link /> element to include in your HTML.

That current font is called Open Sans:

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

Now you can use it:

font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;