css - Font Weight with Google Fonts Roboto, normal (400) and bold (700) work, light (300) does not

Question

Link: https://50.62.213.246/gktest/

The placeholder text and input text in the search bar will not respond to font-weight: 300; If I try font-weight: 700; the text is bold. normal = 400, light = 300, bold = 700, etc

So my question is why does the text not appear light with font-weight: 300; ?

Answer 1

Your link uses the https protocol.

http vs https - for a protocol agnostic reference, use //fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:300,400,600,700|Roboto:400,300,700,500,100

Basically your link uses https but you're referencing the http version of the font. So if you use https - it's a secure page, and as such, it will block non secure resources (especially from 3rd party websites), such as javascript. Or at least may display a warning, explaining that the site is trying to load non-secure content.