Typography
Bootstrap 5 Typography
Documentation and examples for Bootstrap typography, including global settings, headings, body text, lists, and more.
Global settings:
MDB sets basic global display, typography, and link styles. When more control is needed, check out the textual utility classes.
-
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. -
Use the
$font-family-base,$font-size-base, and$line-height-baseattributes as our typographic base applied to the<body>. - Set the global link color via
$link-color. -
Use
$body-bgto set abackground-coloron the<body>(#fffby default).
These styles can be found within _reboot.scss, and the global variables are
defined in _variables.scss. Make sure to set $font-size-base in
rem.
Basic composition
An example composition of how your document may look like.
Main website heading (h1)
Website subheading (h4)
Section heading (h3)
Component heading (h5)
Component subheading
(p + .small .text-muted .text-uppercase)
Component alternative subheading (h6)
Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. A nemo commodi odio veniam nisi? Cupiditate nobis doloremque unde in ut, consequatur reprehenderit saepe iure perspiciatis, veniam facilis asperiores deleniti at?
Component heading (h5)
Component subheading
(p + .small .text-muted .text-uppercase)
Component alternative subheading (h6)
Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. A nemo commodi odio veniam nisi? Cupiditate nobis doloremque unde in ut, consequatur reprehenderit saepe iure perspiciatis, veniam facilis asperiores deleniti at?
Component heading (h5)
Component subheading
(p + .small .text-muted .text-uppercase)
Component alternative subheading (h6)
Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. A nemo commodi odio veniam nisi? Cupiditate nobis doloremque unde in ut, consequatur reprehenderit saepe iure perspiciatis, veniam facilis asperiores deleniti at?
Headings
All HTML headings, <h1> through <h6>, are available.
| Heading | Example |
|---|---|
<h1></h1>
|
h1. MDB heading |
<h2></h2>
|
h2. MDB heading |
<h3></h3>
|
h3. MDB heading |
<h4></h4>
|
h4. MDB heading |
<h5></h5>
|
h5. MDB heading |
<h6></h6>
|
h6. MDB heading |
<h1>h1. MDB heading</h1>
<h2>h2. MDB heading</h2>
<h3>h3. MDB heading</h3>
<h4>h4. MDB heading</h4>
<h5>h5. MDB heading</h5>
<h6>h6. MDB heading</h6>
Styled headings
.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. MDB heading
h2. MDB heading
h3. MDB heading
h4. MDB heading
h5. MDB heading
h6. MDB heading
<p class="h1">h1. MDB heading</p>
<p class="h2">h2. MDB heading</p>
<p class="h3">h3. MDB heading</p>
<p class="h4">h4. MDB heading</p>
<p class="h5">h5. MDB heading</p>
<p class="h6">h6. MDB heading</p>
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>
Fancy display heading
<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.
<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>
<h1 class="display-5">Display 5</h1>
<h1 class="display-6">Display 6</h1>
Display headings are configured via the $display-font-sizes Sass map and two
variables, $display-font-weight and $display-line-height.
$display-font-sizes: (
1: 5rem,
2: 4.5rem,
3: 4rem,
4: 3.5rem,
5: 3rem,
6: 2.5rem
);
$display-font-weight: 300;
$display-line-height: $headings-line-height;
Lead
Make a paragraph stand out by adding .lead.
Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus.
<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>
Beware that those tags should be used for semantic purpose:
-
<mark>represents text which is marked or highlighted for reference or notation purposes. -
<small>represents side-comments and small print, like copyright and legal text. -
<s>represents element that are no longer relevant or no longer accurate. -
<u>represents a span of inline text which should be rendered in a way that indicates that it has a non-textual annotation.
If you want to style your text, you should use the following classes instead:
.markwill apply the same styles as<mark>..smallwill apply the same styles as<small>.-
.text-decoration-underlinewill apply the same styles as<u>. -
.text-decoration-line-throughwill apply the same styles as<s>.
Notes
Notes are small components very helpful in inserting an additional piece of information.
<div class="note note-primary mb-3">
<strong>Note primary:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Cum
doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus delectus
placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
<div class="note note-secondary mb-3">
<strong>Note secondary:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.
Cum doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus
delectus placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
<div class="note note-success mb-3">
<strong>Note success:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Cum
doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus delectus
placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
<div class="note note-danger mb-3">
<strong>Note danger:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Cum
doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus delectus
placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
<div class="note note-warning mb-3">
<strong>Note warning:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Cum
doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus delectus
placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
<div class="note note-info mb-3">
<strong>Note info:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Cum
doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus delectus
placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
<div class="note note-light mb-3">
<strong>Note light:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Cum
doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus delectus
placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
<div class="note note-dark text-secondary mb-0">
<strong>Note light:</strong> Lorem, ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Cum
doloremque officia laboriosam. Itaque ex obcaecati architecto! Qui necessitatibus delectus
placeat illo rem id nisi consequatur esse, sint perspiciatis soluta porro?
</div>
Text utilities
Change text alignment, transform, style, weight, line-height, decoration and color with our text utilities and color 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 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>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
</blockquote>
Naming a source
The HTML spec requires that blockquote attribution be placed outside the
<blockquote>. When providing attribution, wrap your
<blockquote> in a <figure>} and use a
<figcaption> or a block level element (e.g., <p>) with
the .blockquote-footer class. Be sure to wrap the name of the source work in
<cite> as well.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.
<figure>
<blockquote class="blockquote">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
</blockquote>
<figcaption class="blockquote-footer">
Someone famous in <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite>
</figcaption>
</figure>
Alignment
Use text utilities as needed to change the alignment of your blockquote.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.
<figure class="text-center">
<blockquote class="blockquote">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
</blockquote>
<figcaption class="blockquote-footer">
Someone famous in <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite>
</figcaption>
</figure>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.
<figure class="text-end">
<blockquote class="blockquote">
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
</blockquote>
<figcaption class="blockquote-footer">
Someone famous in <cite title="Source Title">Source Title</cite>
</figcaption>
</figure>
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.
- Lorem ipsum
- Phasellus iaculis
- Nulla volutpat
<ul class="list-inline">
<li class="list-inline-item">Lorem ipsum</li>
<li class="list-inline-item">Phasellus iaculis</li>
<li class="list-inline-item">Nulla volutpat</li>
</ul>
With icons
By combining list-unstyled class together with our icons you can create a custom lists with icons.
- What is the latest version?
- What are the changes in the latest version compared to the previous one?
- Is the latest version stable already?
<ul class="list-unstyled">
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-question-circle me-2 text-warning"></i>What is the latest version?</li>
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-question-circle me-2 text-warning"></i>What are the changes in the latest version compared to the previous one?</li>
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-question-circle me-2 text-warning"></i>Is the latest version stable already?</li>
</ul>
- Now it is even easier, lighter and better
- Improved documentation
- Improved modularity
<ul class="list-unstyled">
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right me-2 text-info"></i>Now it is even easier, lighter and better</li>
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right me-2 text-info"></i>Improved documentation</li>
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right me-2 text-info"></i>Improved modularity</li>
</ul>
- Hundreds of additional quality components
- Much better design
- Integration with TypeScript
<ul class="list-unstyled">
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-check-circle me-2 text-success"></i>Hundreds of additional quality components</li>
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-check-circle me-2 text-success"></i>Much better design</li>
<li class="mb-1"><i class="fas fa-check-circle me-2 text-success"></i>Integration with TypeScript</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.
- Nesting
-
- Nested definition list
- Aenean posuere, tortor sed cursus feugiat, nunc augue blandit nunc.
<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">
<p>Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.</p>
<p>Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.</p>
</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>
<dt class="col-sm-3">Nesting</dt>
<dd class="col-sm-9">
<dl class="row">
<dt class="col-sm-4">Nested definition list</dt>
<dd class="col-sm-8">Aenean posuere, tortor sed cursus feugiat, nunc augue blandit nunc.</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
CSS
Variables
// .note
--#{$prefix}note-padding: #{$note-padding};
--#{$prefix}note-border-width: #{$note-border-width};
--#{$prefix}note-border-radius: #{$note-border-radius};
--#{$prefix}note-strong-font-weight: #{$note-strong-font-weight};
SCSS variables
$note-padding: 10px;
$note-border-width: 6px;
$note-border-radius: 5px;
$note-strong-font-weight: 600;