Depends on the font, in some cases it’s not much different from what the browser assumes it should look like if italic/bold and what it actually is. But in case of light font weight, you do need to include that when you load the font, otherwise the browser just shows the normal weight.

As for the false statement, it’s not my code, Nick wrote the article. But the 3rd parameter in wp_enqueue_style is dependencies, when the CSS file also depends on other registered styles ( CSS files ) to be loaded, so if they aren’t already loaded WordPress loads them.

By default the value is false, so you don’t really need to put that in.

Interesting, I didn’t notice any difference when bolded or italicized, but may have missed it. Plus figured load time was more a factor than something most wouldn’t notice. One last thing, what does the false statement mean in your code. Thanks again for your assistance, greatly appreciated!

You should enqueue the weights you need. For example if you need the light font weight version you’d include 300 as well, otherwise it will just show the normal weight (400) on elements where you have it set to 300. And as for the 400i, if it’s not added then the browser automatically figures out how to display the italicized text. Same applies for 700 (bold), if not loaded the browser will use the regular (400) version and make it bold, which may look different from the actual bold version of the font.

Just wondering why you need anything other than regular 400 for customizations? Is your “300,400,400i” some kind of combination of font styles or is it different versions for certain situations? I changed it to just regular 400 and it looked exactly the same.

So it’s unclear what it does, especially since loading time apparently slows with each one you add.

Thanks again for posting this and for your help!