CSS: bolding some text without changing its container's size

Question

I have a horizontal navigation menu, which is basically just a

with the elements set side-by-side. I do not define width, but simply use padding, bec

Answer 1

Interesting question. I suppose you are using float, right?

Well, I don't know any technique you can use to get rid of this font enlarging, hence they will try to fit in the minimum width required - and varying font thickness will change this value.

The unique solution I know to avoid this changing is one you said you don't want: setting fixed sizes to li's.