Title: Label Styling – help…
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Label Styling – help…

 *  Resolved [kimpeartgratton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimpeartgratton/)
 * (@kimpeartgratton)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/label-styling-help/)
 * I can’t seem to get the label font weight to change.
 * When I view my site with inspect element, I think I am seeing the styling of 
   the plugin (700 weight) and then my styling (400) is crossed out. How do I override
   the 700?
 * I have followed the instructions, inserted some code into my style sheet:
 * .mc4wp-form label {
    font-weight: 400; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: helvetica,
   serif; font-size: 14px }
 * This may seem silly, but does it matter where I put the code into the stylesheet?
 * Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
 * Kim
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 *  Plugin Author [Danny van Kooten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvankooten/)
 * (@dvankooten)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/label-styling-help/#post-5276408)
 * Hi Kim,
 * Yes, this has to do with the “importance” of your custom styling. The later a
   stylesheet is loaded and the more specific the CSS selector is, the more important
   the rule is. The most important rule will be used if there are multiple styling
   rules affecting an element.
 * There’s a simple fix for this, just append `!important` to the rule you ALWAYS
   want to use.
 *     ```
       .mc4wp-form label {
       	font-weight: 400 !important;
       	color: #1e1e1e;
       	font-family: helvetica,serif;
       	font-size: 14px
       }
       ```
   
 * Now, I don’t recommend using `!important` too often as it can make debugging 
   or applying styles later on a little hard.
 * Hope that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [kimpeartgratton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimpeartgratton/)
 * (@kimpeartgratton)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/label-styling-help/#post-5276429)
 * Thank you Danny!
 * I’m a happy camper now.
 * Kim

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/label-styling-help/#post-5276429)
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