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 }}/components/utilities/).
## Contents
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## Global settings
Bootstrap sets basic global display, typography, and link styles. Specifically, we:
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.
<divclass="bd-example bd-example-type">
<tableclass="table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><h1class="display-1">Display 1</h1></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h1class="display-2">Display 2</h1></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h1class="display-3">Display 3</h1></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h1class="display-4">Display 4</h1></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
{% highlight html %}
<h1class="display-1">Display 1</h1>
<h1class="display-2">Display 2</h1>
<h1class="display-3">Display 3</h1>
<h1class="display-4">Display 4</h1>
{% endhighlight %}
## Lead
Make a paragraph stand out by adding `.lead`.
{% example html %}
<pclass="lead">
Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus.
</p>
{% endexample %}
## Inline text elements
Styling for common inline HTML5 elements.
{% example html %}
<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.
Stylized implementation of HTML's `<abbr>` element for abbreviations and acronyms to show the expanded version on hover. Abbreviations with a `title` attribute have a light dotted bottom border and a help cursor on hover, providing additional context on hover and to users of assistive technologies.
Add `.initialism` to an abbreviation for a slightly smaller font-size.
For quoting blocks of content from another source within your document. Wrap `<blockquote class="blockquote">` around any <abbrtitle="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr> as the quote.
{% example html %}
<blockquoteclass="blockquote">
<pclass="m-b-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
</blockquote>
{% endexample %}
### Naming a source
Add a `<footer class="blockquote-footer">` for identifying the source. Wrap the name of the source work in `<cite>`.
{% example html %}
<blockquoteclass="blockquote">
<pclass="m-b-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
<footerclass="blockquote-footer">Someone famous in <citetitle="Source Title">Source Title</cite></footer>
</blockquote>
{% endexample %}
### Reverse layout
Add `.blockquote-reverse` for a blockquote with right-aligned content.
{% example html %}
<blockquoteclass="blockquote blockquote-reverse">
<pclass="m-b-0">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante.</p>
<footerclass="blockquote-footer">Someone famous in <citetitle="Source Title">Source Title</cite></footer>
</blockquote>
{% endexample %}
## 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.
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.
{% example html %}
<dlclass="row">
<dtclass="col-sm-3">Description lists</dt>
<ddclass="col-sm-9">A description list is perfect for defining terms.</dd>
<dtclass="col-sm-3">Euismod</dt>
<ddclass="col-sm-9">Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper eget lacinia odio sem nec elit.</dd>
*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.
Here's an example of it in practice. Choose whatever `font-size`s and media queries you wish.
