diff --git a/Sources/PalmierPro/Inspector/Tabs/TextTab.swift b/Sources/PalmierPro/Inspector/Tabs/TextTab.swift
index e00aa9cdb..564690333 100644
--- a/Sources/PalmierPro/Inspector/Tabs/TextTab.swift
+++ b/Sources/PalmierPro/Inspector/Tabs/TextTab.swift
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct TextTab: View {
             contentField
             InspectorSection("Typography") {
                 fontRow
+                weightSlider
                 sizeSlider
             }
             InspectorSection("Appearance") {
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ struct TextTab: View {
     }
 
     private var fontRow: some View {
-        InspectorRow(icon: "character", label: "Font") {
+    return InspectorRow(icon: "character", label: "Font") {
             FontPickerField(
                 current: style.fontName,
                 onPreview: { name in
@@ -72,6 +73,25 @@ struct TextTab: View {
         }
     }
 
+ private var weightSlider: some View {
+    InspectorRow(icon: "bold", label: "Weight") {
+        ScrubbableNumberField(
+            value: style.fontWeight,
+            range: 100...900,
+            format: "%.0f",
+            valueSuffix: "",
+            fieldWidth: 50,
+            onChanged: { newVal in
+                editor.applyTextStyle(clipId: clip.id) { $0.fontWeight = newVal }
+            }
+        ) { newVal in
+            editor.commitTextStyle(clipId: clip.id) { $0.fontWeight = newVal }
+            editor.fitTextClipToContent(clipId: clip.id) 
+        }
+        .disabled(!style.fontSupportsWeightAxis)
+        .opacity(style.fontSupportsWeightAxis ? 1.0 : 0.4)
+    }
+}
     private var sizeSlider: some View {
         InspectorRow(icon: "textformat.size", label: "Size") {
             ScrubbableNumberField(
diff --git a/Sources/PalmierPro/Models/TextStyle.swift b/Sources/PalmierPro/Models/TextStyle.swift
index 7a8c6cb84..92424f0ea 100644
--- a/Sources/PalmierPro/Models/TextStyle.swift
+++ b/Sources/PalmierPro/Models/TextStyle.swift
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import AppKit
 import SwiftUI
+import Foundation
+import CoreText
 
 struct TextStyle: Codable, Sendable, Equatable {
     var fontName: String = "Helvetica-Bold"
     var fontSize: Double = 96
     var fontScale: Double = 1.0
+    var fontWeight: Double = 400
     var color: RGBA = RGBA()
     var alignment: Alignment = .center
     var shadow: Shadow = Shadow()
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ struct TextStyle: Codable, Sendable, Equatable {
     }
 
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
-        case fontName, fontSize, fontScale, color, alignment, shadow, background, border
+        case fontName, fontSize, fontScale, fontWeight, color, alignment, shadow, background, border
     }
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ extension TextStyle {
             fontName: (try? c.decode(String.self, forKey: .fontName)) ?? "Helvetica-Bold",
             fontSize: (try? c.decode(Double.self, forKey: .fontSize)) ?? 96,
             fontScale: (try? c.decode(Double.self, forKey: .fontScale)) ?? 1.0,
+            fontWeight: (try? c.decode(Double.self, forKey: .fontWeight)) ?? 400,
             color: (try? c.decode(RGBA.self, forKey: .color)) ?? RGBA(),
             alignment: (try? c.decode(Alignment.self, forKey: .alignment)) ?? .center,
             shadow: (try? c.decode(Shadow.self, forKey: .shadow)) ?? Shadow(),
@@ -118,7 +122,43 @@ extension TextStyle.RGBA {
 
 extension TextStyle {
     func resolvedFont(size: CGFloat) -> NSFont {
-        NSFont(name: fontName, size: size) ?? NSFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: size)
+        // 1. Load the base font, falling back to bold system font if missing
+        let baseFont = NSFont(name: self.fontName, size: size) ?? .boldSystemFont(ofSize: size)
+        
+        // 2. Sanitize the weight to protect against Infinity math crashes
+        var safeWeight = self.fontWeight
+        if safeWeight.isNaN || safeWeight.isInfinite { safeWeight = 400.0 }
+        safeWeight = max(1.0, min(1000.0, safeWeight))
+
+        // 3. AppKit strictly requires NSNumber for variation tags and values
+        let variation: [NSNumber: NSNumber] = [
+            NSNumber(value: 0x77676874): NSNumber(value: safeWeight) // 'wght' axis
+        ]
+        
+        // 4. Inject the variation directly into the font's descriptor
+        let descriptor = baseFont.fontDescriptor.addingAttributes([
+            .variation: variation
+        ])
+        
+        // 5. Ask AppKit to resolve a completely fresh font instance
+        if let variableFont = NSFont(descriptor: descriptor, size: size) {
+            // Safety net: ensure the font resolved with valid geometry
+            let height = variableFont.boundingRectForFont.height
+            if height > 0 && !height.isNaN && !height.isInfinite {
+                return variableFont
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // Fallback if the font doesn't support the variation
+        return baseFont
+    }
+    /// True if `fontName` resolves to a font with a `wght` variation axis.
+    var fontSupportsWeightAxis: Bool {
+    guard let base = NSFont(name: fontName, size: 12) else { return false }
+    guard let axes = CTFontCopyVariationAxes(base) as? [[String: Any]] else { return false }
+    return axes.contains { axis in
+        (axis[kCTFontVariationAxisIdentifierKey as String] as? NSNumber)?.intValue == 0x77676874
+    }
     }
 
     var nsColor: NSColor { color.nsColor }
@@ -130,17 +170,17 @@ extension TextStyle {
         case .center: p.alignment = .center
         case .right: p.alignment = .right
         }
-        p.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
         return p
     }
 
-    /// `includeColor: false` for bounding measurement (color doesn't affect size).
     func attributes(size: CGFloat, includeColor: Bool = true) -> [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] {
         var attrs: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [
             .font: resolvedFont(size: size),
-            .paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle,
+            .paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle
         ]
-        if includeColor { attrs[.foregroundColor] = nsColor }
+        if includeColor {
+            attrs[.foregroundColor] = nsColor
+        }
         return attrs
     }
 }
@@ -153,4 +193,4 @@ extension TextStyle.Alignment {
         case .right: .right
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/Tests/PalmierProTests/TextStyleTests.swift b/Tests/PalmierProTests/TextStyleTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2f0c7c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/PalmierProTests/TextStyleTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import XCTest
+import Foundation
+@testable import PalmierPro
+
+final class TextStyleTests: XCTestCase {
+    
+    func testFontWeightDefaultsAndRoundTrips() throws {
+        var style = TextStyle()
+        XCTAssertEqual(style.fontWeight, 400)
+        
+        style.fontWeight = 700
+        let data = try JSONEncoder().encode(style)
+        let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(TextStyle.self, from: data)
+        XCTAssertEqual(decoded.fontWeight, 700)
+    }
+    
+}
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