Bootstrap typography

Bootstrap typography is the style and appearance of headings, lists, body text and basic paragraphs - 14 examples coming along with descriptions..

The standard font for MDBootstrap is minimalist and elegant "Roboto" from Google.

About "Roboto"

Roboto has a dual nature. It has a mechanical skeleton and the forms are largely geometric. At the same time, the font features friendly and open curves. While some grotesques distort their letterforms to force a rigid rhythm, Roboto doesn’t compromise, allowing letters to be settled into their natural width. This makes for a more natural reading rhythm more commonly found in humanist and serif types.


Headings

All HTML headings, <h1> through <h6>, are available.

h1. heading


h2. heading


h3. heading


h4. heading


h5. heading

h6. heading
                                    
<h1>h1. heading</h1>
                                             
<h2>h2. heading</h2>
                                               
<h3>h3. heading</h3>
                                               
<h4>h4. heading</h4>
                                                
<h5>h5. heading</h5>
                                                
<h6>h6. heading</h6>
                                    
                                

Heading classes

.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.

h1. Bootstrap heading


h2. Bootstrap heading


h3. Bootstrap heading


h4. Bootstrap heading


h5. Bootstrap heading


h6. Bootstrap heading

                                    
<p class="h1">h1. Bootstrap heading</p>

<p class="h2">h2. Bootstrap heading</p>

<p class="h3">h3. Bootstrap heading</p>

<p class="h4">h4. Bootstrap heading</p>

<p class="h5">h5. Bootstrap heading</p>

<p class="h6">h6. Bootstrap heading</p>
                                    
                                

Responsive headings

By adding an appropriate class, you can make your heading responsive. Thanks to that it will look good on all screen sizes.

Resize your browser windows to see the effect.

h1. heading


h2. heading


h3. heading


h4. heading


h5. heading
                                    
<h1 class="h1-responsive">h1. heading</h1>
                                             
<h2 class="h2-responsive">h2. heading</h2>
                                               
<h3 class="h3-responsive">h3. heading</h3>
                                               
<h4 class="h4-responsive">h4. heading</h4>
                                                
<h5 class="h5-responsive">h5. heading</h5>
                                    
                                

Customizing headings

Use the included utility classes to recreate the small secondary heading text from Bootstrap 3.

Fancy display heading With faded secondary text

                            
<h3>
    <strong>Fancy display heading</strong>
    <small class="text-muted">With faded secondary text</small>
</h3>
                            
                            

Display headings

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.

Display 1


Display 2


Display 3


Display 4

                                    
<h1 class="display-1">Display 1</h1>
<h1 class="display-2">Display 2</h1>
<h1 class="display-3">Display 3</h1>
<h1 class="display-4">Display 4</h1>
                                    
                                

Lead

Make a paragraph stand out by adding .lead

Lead

Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus.


Regular paragraph

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Facilis tenetur sit voluptatem molestias ad neque veritatis! Alias natus, nobis laudantium, veritatis, atque illum ipsam nisi voluptas nesciunt harum laborum perspiciatis!

                                
<p class="lead">
  Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus.
</p>
                                
                            

Inline text elements

Styling for common inline HTML5 elements.

You can use the mark tag to highlight text.

This line of text is meant to be treated as deleted text.

This line of text is meant to be treated as no longer accurate.

This line of text is meant to be treated as an addition to the document.

This line of text will render as underlined

This line of text is meant to be treated as fine print.

This line rendered as bold text.

This line rendered as italicized text.

                                
<p>You can use the mark tag to <mark>highlight</mark> text.</p>
<p><del>This line of text is meant to be treated as deleted text.</del></p>
<p><s>This line of text is meant to be treated as no longer accurate.</s></p>
<p><ins>This line of text is meant to be treated as an addition to the document.</ins></p>
<p><u>This line of text will render as underlined</u></p>
<p><small>This line of text is meant to be treated as fine print.</small></p>
<p><strong>This line rendered as bold text.</strong></p>
<p><em>This line rendered as italicized text.</em></p>
                                
                            

.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.

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.


Text utilities

Change text alignment, transform, style, weight, and color with our text utilities.


Abbreviations

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.

Add .initialism to an abbreviation for a slightly smaller font-size.

attr

HTML

                                
<p><abbr title="attribute">attr</abbr></p>
<p><abbr title="HyperText Markup Language" class="initialism">HTML</abbr></p>
                                
                            

Blockquotes

For quoting blocks of content from another source within your document. Wrap <blockquote class="blockquote"> around any HTML as the quote.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.

                                
<blockquote class="blockquote">
  <p class="mb-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
</blockquote>
                                
                            

Naming a source

Add a <footer class="blockquote-footer"> for identifying the source. Wrap the name of the source work in <cite>.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.

Someone famous in Source Title
                                
<blockquote class="blockquote">
  <p class="mb-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
  <footer class="blockquote-footer">Someone famous in <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite></footer>
</blockquote>
                                
                            

Reverse layout

Add .blockquote-reverse for a blockquote with right-aligned content.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.

Someone famous in Source Title
                        
<blockquote class="blockquote blockquote-reverse">
  <p class="mb-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
  <footer class="blockquote-footer">Someone famous in <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite></footer>
</blockquote>                  
                        
                        

Text notifications

If you want to interject into the middle of the article important information for the user, use notifications.

Info notification

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?


<blockquote class="blockquote bq-primary">
    <p class="bq-title">Info notification</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?</p>
</blockquote>

Warning notification

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?


<blockquote class="blockquote bq-warning">
    <p class="bq-title">Warning notification</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?</p>
</blockquote>

Success notification

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?


<blockquote class="blockquote bq-success">
    <p class="bq-title">Success notification</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?</p>
</blockquote>

Danger notification

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?


<blockquote class="blockquote bq-danger">
    <p class="bq-title">Danger notification</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Maiores quibusdam dignissimos itaque harum illo! Quidem, corporis at quae tempore nisi impedit cupiditate perferendis nesciunt, ex dolores doloremque! Sit, rem, in?</p>
</blockquote>


Lists

Unstyled

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.

  • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  • Consectetur adipiscing elit
  • Integer molestie lorem at massa
  • Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  • Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
    • Phasellus iaculis neque
    • Purus sodales ultricies
    • Vestibulum laoreet porttitor sem
    • Ac tristique libero volutpat at
  • Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  • Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  • Eget porttitor lorem
                            
<ul class="list-unstyled">
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</li>
  <li>Consectetur adipiscing elit</li>
  <li>Integer molestie lorem at massa</li>
  <li>Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet</li>
  <li>Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
    <ul>
      <li>Phasellus iaculis neque</li>
      <li>Purus sodales ultricies</li>
      <li>Vestibulum laoreet porttitor sem</li>
      <li>Ac tristique libero volutpat at</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel</li>
  <li>Aenean sit amet erat nunc</li>
  <li>Eget porttitor lorem</li>
</ul>
                            
                            

Inline

Remove a list’s bullets and apply some light margin with a combination of two classes, .list-inline and .list-inline-item.

  • Item 1
  • Item 2
  • Item 3
                            
<ul class="list-inline">
  <li class="list-inline-item">Item 1</li>
  <li class="list-inline-item">Item 2</li>
  <li class="list-inline-item">Item 3</li>
</ul>
                            
                            

Description list alignment

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.

Description lists
A description list is perfect for defining terms.
Euismod
Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.
Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.
Malesuada porta
Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.
Truncated term is truncated
Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.
                            
<dl class="row">
  <dt class="col-sm-3">Description lists</dt>
  <dd class="col-sm-9">A description list is perfect for defining terms.</dd>

  <dt class="col-sm-3">Euismod</dt>
  <dd class="col-sm-9">Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.</dd>
  <dd class="col-sm-9 offset-sm-3">Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.</dd>

  <dt class="col-sm-3">Malesuada porta</dt>
  <dd class="col-sm-9">Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod.</dd>

  <dt class="col-sm-3 text-truncate">Truncated term is truncated</dt>
  <dd class="col-sm-9">Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.</dd>
</dl>
                            
                            

Responsive typography

Responsive typography refers to scaling text and components by simply adjusting the root element’s font-size within a series of media queries. MDBootstrap doesn’t do this for you, but it’s fairly easy to add if you need it.

Here’s an example of it in practice. Choose whatever font-sizes and media queries you wish.

                        
html {
  font-size: 14px;
}

@include media-breakpoint-up(sm) {
  html {
    font-size: 16px;
  }
}

@include media-breakpoint-up(md) {
  html {
    font-size: 20px;
  }
}

@include media-breakpoint-up(lg) {
  html {
    font-size: 28px;
  }
}
                        
                        

Text colors

MDBootstrap allows you to simply set the text color. All you have to to is add one of our color classes:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.

Impedit architecto, totam hic sunt eum odio, deleniti.

Similique ex, expedita minus assumenda a magni beatae dolorum itaque.

Veritatis eum libero nam, adipisci, necessitatibus eos.

Sapiente, ea. Molestias sunt nihil saepe numquam quas perferendis.

Sapiente sit, possimus maiores, quo alias corporis cum eum nesciunt.

Corrupti adipisci, praesentium iusto eos, iure debitis modi.

Odio autem veritatis aliquam consequuntur ea voluptatibus.

Similique, adipisci ea, sequi magnam sit inventore.

Eos et vitae, odit deserunt dignissimos voluptas.

Fugit nihil numquam inventore accusantium tenetur ex est.

Sed odit inventore illum excepturi officia, reiciendis numquam modi.

At odio animi distinctio, aut enim tempora nobis error odit mollitia.

Quo at accusamus vel earum hic, inventore non, minima sint.

Iusto odit eos distinctio temporibus voluptates ad, illo repellat.

Quas fugit fuga assumenda nihil esse et culpa reiciendis voluptatum.

Excepturi iusto amet sunt illo ad debitis quibusdam eius, consequatur.

Non sint nulla incidunt, odit repellat tempore, veniam ratione fugit.

Eius, provident. Quo similique, repellat atque voluptas explicabo odio.

In consequuntur error, non consequatur expedita maxime dolorum.

    
<p class="red-text">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.</p>
<p class="pink-text">Impedit architecto, totam hic sunt eum odio, deleniti.</p>
<p class="purple-text">Similique ex, expedita minus assumenda a magni beatae dolorum itaque.</p>
<p class="deep-purple-text">Veritatis eum libero nam, adipisci, necessitatibus eos.</p>
<p class="indigo-text">Sapiente, ea. Molestias sunt nihil saepe numquam quas perferendis.</p>
<p class="blue-text">Sapiente sit, possimus maiores, quo alias corporis cum eum nesciunt.</p>
<p class="light-blue-text">Corrupti adipisci, praesentium iusto eos, iure debitis modi.</p>
<p class="cyan-text">Odio autem veritatis aliquam consequuntur ea voluptatibus.</p>
<p class="teal-text">Similique, adipisci ea, sequi magnam sit inventore.</p>
<p class="green-text">Eos et vitae, odit deserunt dignissimos voluptas.</p>
<p class="light-green-text">Fugit nihil numquam inventore accusantium tenetur ex est.</p>
<p class="lime-text">Sed odit inventore illum excepturi officia, reiciendis numquam modi.</p>
<p class="yellow-text">At odio animi distinctio, aut enim tempora nobis error odit mollitia.</p>
<p class="amber-text">Quo at accusamus vel earum hic, inventore non, minima sint.</p>
<p class="orange-text">Iusto odit eos distinctio temporibus voluptates ad, illo repellat.</p>
<p class="deep-orange-text">Quas fugit fuga assumenda nihil esse et culpa reiciendis voluptatum.</p>
<p class="brown-text">Excepturi iusto amet sunt illo ad debitis quibusdam eius, consequatur.</p>
<p class="grey-text">Non sint nulla incidunt, odit repellat tempore, veniam ratione fugit.</p>
<p class="blue-grey-text">Eius, provident. Quo similique, repellat atque voluptas explicabo odio.</p>
<p class="white-text">In consequuntur error, non consequatur expedita maxime dolorum.</p>