: Google Open Sans font does not display correct weight in Google Chrome I use the Google Font 'Open Sans' on my website. I noticed the incorrect font weight was being displayed for certain links.

@Gretchen104

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I use the Google Font 'Open Sans' on my website.

I noticed the incorrect font weight was being displayed for certain links. My regular text has a font-weight of 300, while my links have a font-weight of 400. However, all the links look the same as the regular text.

I navigated to the Google Fonts website:
www.google.com/fonts#UsePlace:use/Collection:Open+Sans
and noticed something interesting.


On Windows, on Google Chrome, the Light 300 and Normal 400 versions are identical.
On Windows, on Firefox, IE, and Safari they are not.
On Ubuntu, on Google Chrome, they are not.


The issue seems to be isolated to Google Chrome (latest version) and Windows (version 8.0).

My fonts are loaded onto my website using a link in the header.

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>


However, the issue is not isolated to my website, as the Google Fonts site itself shows the same issue.

I wanted to ask for someone's help with this issue. I have read online about other issues with Google Fonts, such as smoothness, but nothing on font-weight.

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