Title: Backlink Reference Number Font Weight
Last modified: June 1, 2021

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# Backlink Reference Number Font Weight

 *  Resolved [Mark Hillyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhillyer/)
 * (@markhillyer)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backlink-reference-number-font-weight/)
 * Which element controls the font weight in the backlink reference number? I am
   using the link element for colour, but the number is displayed in **bold**. I
   would prefer it to be normal.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbacklink-reference-number-font-weight%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Contributor [pewgeuges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pewgeuges/)
 * (@pewgeuges)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backlink-reference-number-font-weight/#post-14505784)
 * [@markhillyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhillyer/)
 * Thank you for reporting this issue with the font weight of the footnote numbers
   in the list. The relevant CSS selector is `.footnote_plugin_index`, and to fix
   it please add the following rule to your Custom CSS:
 *     ```
       .footnote_plugin_index {font-weight: normal;}
       ```
   
 * The reason of the bold is that after the accessibility bug fixes included in 
   2.5.11 about applying web semantics in the reference container to improve readability
   for assistive technologies, thanks to [@derivationfr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derivationfr/)
   issue report and code contribution, I did not neutralize all style rules applied
   by themes to table headers. The thorough investigation conducted in [https://a11y-101.com/development/tables](https://a11y-101.com/development/tables)
   points out that screen readers are unable to make sense of tables on their own,
   and only spell out tables correctly on the condition that the tables use HTML
   markup as intended.
 * Thanks for reaching out to get this fixed, as the bold numbers are unexpected.
   I’m confident that the plugin developers monitoring this forum will pick this
   up and include it in the next release.
 *  Thread Starter [Mark Hillyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhillyer/)
 * (@markhillyer)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backlink-reference-number-font-weight/#post-14505791)
 * Perfect! Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [Mark Hillyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markhillyer/)
 * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backlink-reference-number-font-weight/#post-14505791)
 * Status: resolved