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# [Your Compose Text Is Quietly Lying About Its Weight](https://android-expert.hashnode.dev/your-compose-text-is-quietly-lying-about-its-weight?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How Compose resolves FontWeight, why SemiBold silently renders as Bold, and the typography failures that surface in production.

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