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Typography

Headers

All HTML headings, <h1> through <h6>, are available. .h1 through .h6 classes are also available, for when you want to match the font styling of a heading but still want your text to be displayed inline.

h1. Bootstrap heading

Semibold 36px

h2. Bootstrap heading

Semibold 30px

h3. Bootstrap heading

Semibold 24px

h4. Bootstrap heading

Semibold 18px
h5. Bootstrap heading
Semibold 14px
h6. Bootstrap heading
Semibold 12px

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

Body copy

Bootstrap's global default font-size is 14px, with a line-height of 1.428. This is applied to the <body> and all paragraphs. In addition, <p> (paragraphs) receive a bottom margin of half their computed line-height (10px by default).

Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis ornare vel eu leo. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam id dolor id nibh ultricies vehicula.

Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla.

Maecenas sed diam eget risus varius blandit sit amet non magna. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.

<p>...</p>

Links

Link.

<a href="#">Link</a>

Link to Google that opens a new window.

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>

Link to Yahoo that opens a new window but has no window icon.

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.yahoo.com/" class="nonewwin">Yahoo</a>

Lead body copy

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">...</p>

Emphasis

Make use of HTML's default emphasis tags with lightweight styles.

Small text

For de-emphasizing inline or blocks of text, use the <small> tag to set text at 85% the size of the parent. Heading elements receive their own font-size for nested <small> elements.

You may alternatively use an inline element with .small in place of any <small>.

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

<small>This line of text is meant to be treated as fine print.</small>

Bold

For emphasizing a snippet of text with a heavier font-weight.

The following snippet of text is rendered as bold text.

<strong>rendered as bold text</strong>

Italics

For emphasizing a snippet of text with italics.

The following snippet of text is rendered as italicized text.

<em>rendered as italicized text</em>

Alternate elements

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.

Alignment classes

Easily realign text to components with text alignment classes.

Left aligned text.

Center aligned text.

Right aligned text.

Justified text.


        <p class="text-left">Left aligned text.</p>
        <p class="text-center">Center aligned text.</p>
        <p class="text-right">Right aligned text.</p>
        <p class="text-justify">Justified text.</p>
    

Addresses

Present contact information for the nearest ancestor or the entire body of work. Preserve formatting by ending all lines with <br>.

Twitter, Inc.
795 Folsom Ave, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94107
P: (123) 456-7890
Full Name
first.last@example.com

        <address>
            <strong>Twitter, Inc.</strong><br>
            795 Folsom Ave, Suite 600<br>
            San Francisco, CA 94107<br>
            <abbr title="Phone">P:</abbr> (123) 456-7890
        </address>

        <address>
            <strong>Full Name</strong><br>
            <a href="mailto:#">first.last@example.com</a>
        </address>
    

Blockquotes

For quoting blocks of content from another source within your document.

Default blockquote

Wrap <blockquote> around any HTML as the quote. For straight quotes, we recommend a <p>.

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


        <blockquote>
            <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
        </blockquote>
    

Blockquote options

Style and content changes for simple variations on a standard <blockquote>.

Naming a source

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

Alternate displays

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-reverse">
            ...
        </blockquote>
    

Lists

Unordered

A list of items in which the order does not explicitly matter.

  • 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
      • Phasellus iaculis neque
      • Purus sodales ultricies
      • Vestibulum laoreet porttitor sem
      • Ac tristique libero volutpat at
        • Phasellus iaculis neque
        • Purus sodales ultricies
        • Vestibulum laoreet porttitor sem
        • Ac tristique libero volutpat at
          • 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>
            <li>...</li>
        </ul>
    

Ordered

A list of items in which the order does explicitly matter.

  1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  2. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  3. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  4. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  5. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  6. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  7. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  8. Eget porttitor lorem
  9. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  10. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  11. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  12. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  13. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  14. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  15. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  16. Eget porttitor lorem
  17. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  18. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  19. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  20. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  21. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  22. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  23. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  24. Eget porttitor lorem
  25. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  26. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  27. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  28. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  29. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  30. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  31. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  32. Eget porttitor lorem
  33. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  34. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  35. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  36. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  37. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  38. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  39. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  40. Eget porttitor lorem
  41. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  42. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  43. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  44. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  45. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  46. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  47. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  48. Eget porttitor lorem
  49. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  50. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  51. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  52. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  53. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  54. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  55. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  56. Eget porttitor lorem
  57. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  58. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  59. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  60. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  61. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  62. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  63. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  64. Eget porttitor lorem
  65. Eget porttitor lorem
  66. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  67. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  68. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  69. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  70. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  71. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  72. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  73. Eget porttitor lorem
  74. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  75. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  76. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  77. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  78. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  79. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  80. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  81. Eget porttitor lorem
  82. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  83. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  84. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  85. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  86. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  87. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  88. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  89. Eget porttitor lorem
  90. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  91. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  92. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  93. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  94. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  95. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  96. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  97. Eget porttitor lorem
  98. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
  99. Consectetur adipiscing elit
  100. Integer molestie lorem at massa
  101. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
  102. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
  103. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
  104. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
  105. Eget porttitor lorem

        <ol>
            <li>...</li>
        </ol>
    

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>...</li>
        </ul>
    

Inline

Place all list items on a single line with display: inline-block; and some light padding.

  • Lorem ipsum
  • Phasellus iaculis
  • Nulla volutpat

        <ul class="list-inline">
            <li>...</li>
        </ul>
    

Description

A list of terms with their associated descriptions.

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.

        <dl>
            <dt>...</dt>
            <dd>...</dd>
        </dl>
    

Horizontal description

Make terms and descriptions in <dl> line up side-by-side. Starts off stacked like default <dl>s, but when the navbar expands, so do these.

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.
Felis euismod semper eget lacinia
Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus.

        <dl class="dl-horizontal">
            <dt>...</dt>
            <dd>...</dd>
        </dl>
    

Auto-truncating

Horizontal description lists will truncate terms that are too long to fit in the left column with text-overflow. In narrower viewports, they will change to the default stacked layout.