4 description: Documentation and examples for Bootstrap typography, including global settings, body text, lists, and more.
8 Bootstrap includes simple and easily customized typography for headings, body text, lists, and more. For even more control, check out the [textual utility classes]({{ site.baseurl }}/utilities/typography/).
12 * Will be replaced with the ToC, excluding the "Contents" header
17 Bootstrap sets basic global display, typography, and link styles. Specifically, we:
19 - Use a [native font stack]({{ site.baseurl }}/content/reboot/#native-font-stack) that selects the best `font-family` for each OS and device.
20 - For a more inclusive and accessible type scale, we assume the browser default root `font-size` (typically 16px) so visitors can customize their browser defaults as needed.
21 - Use the `$font-family-base`, `$font-size-base`, and `$line-height-base` attributes as our typographic base applied to the `<body>`.
22 - Set the global link color via `$link-color` and apply link underlines only on `:hover`.
23 - Use `$body-bg` to set a `background-color` on the `<body>` (`#fff` by default).
25 These styles can be found within `_reboot.scss`, and the global variables are defined in `_variables.scss`.
29 All HTML headings, `<h1>` through `<h6>`, are available.
31 <div class="bd-example bd-example-type">
35 <td><h1>h1. Bootstrap heading</h1></td>
36 <td class="type-info">Semibold 2.5rem (40px)</td>
39 <td><h2>h2. Bootstrap heading</h2></td>
40 <td class="type-info">Semibold 2rem (32px)</td>
43 <td><h3>h3. Bootstrap heading</h3></td>
44 <td class="type-info">Semibold 1.75rem (28px)</td>
47 <td><h4>h4. Bootstrap heading</h4></td>
48 <td class="type-info">Semibold 1.5rem (24px)</td>
51 <td><h5>h5. Bootstrap heading</h5></td>
52 <td class="type-info">Semibold 1.25rem (20px)</td>
55 <td><h6>h6. Bootstrap heading</h6></td>
56 <td class="type-info">Semibold 1rem (16px)</td>
63 <h1>h1. Bootstrap heading</h1>
64 <h2>h2. Bootstrap heading</h2>
65 <h3>h3. Bootstrap heading</h3>
66 <h4>h4. Bootstrap heading</h4>
67 <h5>h5. Bootstrap heading</h5>
68 <h6>h6. Bootstrap heading</h6>
71 `.h1` through `.h6` classes are also available, for when you want to match the font styling of a heading but cannot use the associated HTML element.
74 <p class="h1">h1. Bootstrap heading</p>
75 <p class="h2">h2. Bootstrap heading</p>
76 <p class="h3">h3. Bootstrap heading</p>
77 <p class="h4">h4. Bootstrap heading</p>
78 <p class="h5">h5. Bootstrap heading</p>
79 <p class="h6">h6. Bootstrap heading</p>
82 ### Customizing headings
84 Use the included utility classes to recreate the small secondary heading text from Bootstrap 3.
89 <small class="text-muted">With faded secondary text</small>
95 Traditional heading elements are designed to work best in the meat of your page content. When you need a heading to stand out, consider using a **display heading**—a larger, slightly more opinionated heading style.
97 <div class="bd-example bd-example-type">
101 <td><h1 class="display-1">Display 1</h1></td>
104 <td><h1 class="display-2">Display 2</h1></td>
107 <td><h1 class="display-3">Display 3</h1></td>
110 <td><h1 class="display-4">Display 4</h1></td>
117 <h1 class="display-1">Display 1</h1>
118 <h1 class="display-2">Display 2</h1>
119 <h1 class="display-3">Display 3</h1>
120 <h1 class="display-4">Display 4</h1>
125 Make a paragraph stand out by adding `.lead`.
129 Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus.
133 ## Inline text elements
135 Styling for common inline HTML5 elements.
138 <p>You can use the mark tag to <mark>highlight</mark> text.</p>
139 <p><del>This line of text is meant to be treated as deleted text.</del></p>
140 <p><s>This line of text is meant to be treated as no longer accurate.</s></p>
141 <p><ins>This line of text is meant to be treated as an addition to the document.</ins></p>
142 <p><u>This line of text will render as underlined</u></p>
143 <p><small>This line of text is meant to be treated as fine print.</small></p>
144 <p><strong>This line rendered as bold text.</strong></p>
145 <p><em>This line rendered as italicized text.</em></p>
148 `.mark` and `.small` classes are also available to apply the same styles as `<mark>` and `<small>` while avoiding any unwanted semantic implications that the tags would bring.
150 While not shown above, feel free to use `<b>` and `<i>` in HTML5. `<b>` is meant to highlight words or phrases without conveying additional importance while `<i>` is mostly for voice, technical terms, etc.
154 Change text alignment, transform, style, weight, and color with our [text utilities]({{ site.baseurl }}/utilities/typography/#text-alignment).
158 Stylized implementation of HTML's `<abbr>` element for abbreviations and acronyms to show the expanded version on hover. Abbreviations have a default underline from Normalize.css and gain a help cursor to provide additional context on hover and to users of assistive technologies.
160 Add `.initialism` to an abbreviation for a slightly smaller font-size.
163 <p><abbr title="attribute">attr</abbr></p>
164 <p><abbr title="HyperText Markup Language" class="initialism">HTML</abbr></p>
169 For quoting blocks of content from another source within your document. Wrap `<blockquote class="blockquote">` around any <abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> as the quote.
172 <blockquote class="blockquote">
173 <p class="mb-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
179 Add a `<footer class="blockquote-footer">` for identifying the source. Wrap the name of the source work in `<cite>`.
182 <blockquote class="blockquote">
183 <p class="mb-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
184 <footer class="blockquote-footer">Someone famous in <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite></footer>
190 Add `.blockquote-reverse` for a blockquote with right-aligned content.
193 <blockquote class="blockquote blockquote-reverse">
194 <p class="mb-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
195 <footer class="blockquote-footer">Someone famous in <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite></footer>
203 Remove the default `list-style` and left margin on list items (immediate children only). **This only applies to immediate children list items**, meaning you will need to add the class for any nested lists as well.
206 <ul class="list-unstyled">
207 <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</li>
208 <li>Consectetur adipiscing elit</li>
209 <li>Integer molestie lorem at massa</li>
210 <li>Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet</li>
211 <li>Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
213 <li>Phasellus iaculis neque</li>
214 <li>Purus sodales ultricies</li>
215 <li>Vestibulum laoreet porttitor sem</li>
216 <li>Ac tristique libero volutpat at</li>
219 <li>Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel</li>
220 <li>Aenean sit amet erat nunc</li>
221 <li>Eget porttitor lorem</li>
227 Remove a list's bullets and apply some light `margin` with a combination of two classes, `.list-inline` and `.list-inline-item`.
230 <ul class="list-inline">
231 <li class="list-inline-item">Lorem ipsum</li>
232 <li class="list-inline-item">Phasellus iaculis</li>
233 <li class="list-inline-item">Nulla volutpat</li>
237 ### Description list alignment
239 Align terms and descriptions horizontally by using our grid system's predefined classes (or semantic mixins). For longer terms, you can optionally add a `.text-truncate` class to truncate the text with an ellipsis.
243 <dt class="col-sm-3">Description lists</dt>
244 <dd class="col-sm-9">A description list is perfect for defining terms.</dd>
246 <dt class="col-sm-3">Euismod</dt>
247 <dd class="col-sm-9">Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.</dd>
248 <dd class="col-sm-9 offset-sm-3">Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.</dd>
250 <dt class="col-sm-3">Malesuada porta</dt>
251 <dd class="col-sm-9">Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.</dd>
253 <dt class="col-sm-3 text-truncate">Truncated term is truncated</dt>
254 <dd class="col-sm-9">Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.</dd>
256 <dt class="col-sm-3">Nesting</dt>
257 <dd class="col-sm-9">
259 <dt class="col-sm-4">Nested definition list</dt>
260 <dd class="col-sm-8">Aenean posuere, tortor sed cursus feugiat, nunc augue blandit nunc.</dd>
266 ## Responsive typography
268 *Responsive typography* refers to scaling text and components by simply adjusting the root element's `font-size` within a series of media queries. Bootstrap doesn't do this for you, but it's fairly easy to add if you need it.
270 Here's an example of it in practice. Choose whatever `font-size`s and media queries you wish.
277 @include media-breakpoint-up(sm) {
283 @include media-breakpoint-up(md) {
289 @include media-breakpoint-up(lg) {