diff --git a/crates/svg/src/css.rs b/crates/svg/src/css.rs
index df45d5b8..37e2772a 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/css.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/css.rs
@@ -72,21 +72,18 @@ pub(crate) fn font_descriptor(st: &CharStyle) -> (u16, bool) {
 }
 
 /// The font of character style `st`: family, size (the vertical scale; writers stretch the
-/// horizontal one), weight and style, lengths written by `len`. `numeric_weight`: the face's
-/// weight as a number (embedded faces are told apart by it), else `bold` for bold styles.
-pub(crate) fn font_props(st: &CharStyle, len: &dyn Fn(f64) -> String, numeric_weight: bool) -> Props {
+/// horizontal one), weight and style, lengths written by `len`. The weight is the style's number
+/// (600 for Semibold, 300 for Light), `bold` for 700 and left out for 400.
+pub(crate) fn font_props(st: &CharStyle, len: &dyn Fn(f64) -> String) -> Props {
     let mut p = Props::new();
     let fam = if st.font_family.contains(|c: char| c.is_whitespace() || c == ',') { format!("'{}'", st.font_family) } else { st.font_family.clone() };
     p.push(("font-family", fam));
     p.push(("font-size", len(st.size * st.v_scale / 100.0)));
-    let fs = st.font_style.to_ascii_lowercase();
     let (weight, italic) = font_descriptor(st);
-    if numeric_weight {
-        if weight != 400 {
-            p.push(("font-weight", weight.to_string()));
-        }
-    } else if fs.contains("bold") || fs.contains("black") || fs.contains("heavy") {
-        p.push(("font-weight", "bold".into()));
+    match weight {
+        400 => {}
+        700 => p.push(("font-weight", "bold".into())),
+        w => p.push(("font-weight", w.to_string())),
     }
     if italic {
         p.push(("font-style", "italic".into()));
@@ -531,7 +528,7 @@ impl Rules<'_> {
             self.warn("type with several character styles is written in its first one");
         }
         let len = |v: f64| self.len(v);
-        art.props.extend(font_props(&st, &len, false));
+        art.props.extend(font_props(&st, &len));
         match &st.fill {
             Paint::Solid { color, .. } => art.props.push(("color", color.to_hex())),
             Paint::None => art.props.push(("color", "transparent".into())),
diff --git a/crates/svg/src/export.rs b/crates/svg/src/export.rs
index 663992a9..44c8c498 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/export.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/export.rs
@@ -411,10 +411,6 @@ impl Writer<'_> {
     fn tiny(&self) -> bool {
         self.opts.profile == Profile::Tiny12
     }
-    /// Are the fonts type uses embedded?
-    fn embeds_fonts(&self) -> bool {
-        self.opts.embed_fonts && !self.opts.outline_text && !self.tiny()
-    }
     fn num(&self, v: f64) -> String {
         fmt_num(v, self.opts.decimals)
     }
@@ -1505,7 +1501,7 @@ impl Writer<'_> {
     fn char_props(&mut self, st: &CharStyle, space: (Rect, Affine)) -> Props {
         let decimals = self.opts.decimals;
         let len = |v: f64| fmt_num(v, decimals);
-        let mut p = css::font_props(st, &len, self.embeds_fonts());
+        let mut p = css::font_props(st, &len);
         // Character paints resolve in the text's space (`to_user` maps it into user space).
         let (bounds, to_user) = space;
         let saved = std::mem::replace(&mut self.xf, to_user);
diff --git a/crates/svg/tests/font_weights.rs b/crates/svg/tests/font_weights.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f642930c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/svg/tests/font_weights.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+//! Font weights in SVG and CSS: every style is written with its numeric weight (Semibold 600,
+//! Light 300, Black 900…; Bold as `bold`), and SVG import reads the numbers back to the same face.
+// Integration tests: unwrapping and panicking on failure is fine here, unlike in shipped code (AGENTS.md › Robustness).
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+
+use vectorcraft_doc::{CharStyle, Document, Node, NodeKind, TextObject};
+use vectorcraft_geom::Point;
+use vectorcraft_svg::{CssOptions, ExportOptions, css_rules, export, import};
+use vectorcraft_text::FontDb;
+
+/// A document with one text in `family` `style`.
+fn doc(family: &str, style: &str) -> (Document, vectorcraft_doc::NodeId) {
+    let mut d = Document::new(300.0, 100.0);
+    let st = CharStyle { font_family: family.into(), font_style: style.into(), size: 24.0, ..CharStyle::default() };
+    let n = Node::new(d.alloc_id(), NodeKind::Text(Box::new(TextObject::point(Point::new(10.0, 50.0), "Weight", st))));
+    let (l, id) = (d.layers[0].id, n.id);
+    d.insert(Some(l), 0, n).unwrap();
+    (d, id)
+}
+
+/// The `font-weight` the SVG export and the CSS of the text write.
+fn weights(style: &str) -> (Option<String>, Option<String>) {
+    let (d, id) = doc("Source Sans 3", style);
+    let svg = export(&d, &ExportOptions::default());
+    let attr = svg.split("font-weight=\"").nth(1).map(|s| s.split('"').next().unwrap().to_string());
+    let sheet = css_rules(&d, &[id], &CssOptions::default());
+    let css = sheet.rules[0].props.iter().find(|(k, _)| *k == "font-weight").map(|(_, v)| v.clone());
+    (attr, css)
+}
+
+fn style_back(family: &str, style: &str) -> String {
+    let svg = export(&doc(family, style).0, &ExportOptions::default());
+    let mut found = None;
+    import(&svg).unwrap().walk(|n| {
+        if let NodeKind::Text(t) = &n.kind {
+            found = Some(t.runs[0].style.font_style.clone());
+        }
+    });
+    found.expect("the text comes back")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn every_style_is_written_with_its_numeric_weight() {
+    for (style, want) in [
+        ("Thin", Some("100")),
+        ("ExtraLight", Some("200")),
+        ("Light", Some("300")),
+        ("Regular", None),
+        ("Italic", None),
+        ("Medium", Some("500")),
+        ("Semibold", Some("600")),
+        ("Demibold", Some("600")),
+        ("Bold", Some("bold")),
+        ("Bold Italic", Some("bold")),
+        ("Extrabold", Some("800")),
+        ("Black", Some("900")),
+        ("Heavy", Some("900")),
+    ] {
+        let want = want.map(str::to_string);
+        assert_eq!(weights(style), (want.clone(), want), "{style}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn numeric_weights_read_back_to_the_style() {
+    let db = FontDb::global();
+    for (family, style) in
+        [("Source Sans 3", "Semibold"), ("Source Sans 3", "Bold"), ("Source Sans 3", "Italic"), ("Inter", "Medium"), ("Inter", "SemiBold")]
+    {
+        let back = style_back(family, style);
+        let face = |s: &str| db.face(family, s).map(|f| f.style.clone());
+        assert_eq!(face(&back), face(style), "{family} {style} came back as {back}");
+    }
+    // Styles the family doesn't have keep their weight.
+    assert_eq!(style_back("Source Sans 3", "Light"), "Light");
+    assert_eq!(style_back("Source Sans 3", "Black Italic"), "Black Italic");
+    assert_eq!(style_back("Source Sans 3", "Heavy"), "Black");
+}
diff --git a/docs/mcp.md b/docs/mcp.md
index 89040d50..61d16623 100644
--- a/docs/mcp.md
+++ b/docs/mcp.md
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ lists every option with its default. `encoding` is `utf8`, `utf16` (big-endian a
 (presentation attributes only; filters, masks, blend modes and embedded fonts left out, symbols as art, each with
 a warning). `embedFonts: true` embeds the fonts type uses as `@font-face` rules subset to the characters used; a
 font whose licence (OS/2 `fsType`) forbids subsetting is embedded whole, one that forbids embedding is left out
-with a warning, and the type then names faces by numeric `font-weight` (600 for Semibold). `svgz` takes the same options and writes the SVG gzipped (`.svgz` files also open,
+with a warning. Type names its faces by numeric `font-weight` (600 for Semibold, 300 for Light, `bold` for 700),
+embedded or not. `svgz` takes the same options and writes the SVG gzipped (`.svgz` files also open,
 place and paste). `run_command document.save {path: "x.svg", svg: {…}}` saves as SVG (or `.svgz`).
 
 Symbols export as one `<symbol>` with a `<use>` per instance. An instance the def can't stand for is written as its