Bootstrap – Text
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This chapter will discuss about common Bootstrap text utilities. You can customize text alignment, weight, line height, wrapping, font size, and other formatting options using Bootstrap utility classes.
Text alignment
Text alignment classes provide convenient ways to align text to different components. These classes include responsive options that align the text to the start, end, or center positions, using the same viewport width breakpoints as the grid system.
Note: Kindly resize the browser to see the alignment of text relative to the specific viewport.
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap – Text</title>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge”>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<link href=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js”></script>
</head>
<body>
<p class=”text-start text-info”>Text aligned at starting position across all viewports sizes.</p>
<p class=”text-center text-danger”>Text aligned at center position across all viewports sizes.</p>
<p class=”text-end text-warning”>Text aligned at end position across all viewports sizes.</p>
<p class=”text-sm-start text-primary”>Text aligned at start on viewports sized SM (small) or wider.</p>
<p class=”text-md-start text-primary”>Text aligned at start on viewports sized MD (medium) or wider.</p>
<p class=”text-lg-start text-primary”>Text aligned at start on viewports sized LG (large) or wider.</p>
<p class=”text-xl-start text-primary”>Text aligned at start on viewports sized XL (extra-large) or wider.</p>
</body>
</html>
Bootstrap does not provide utility classes for justified text, which means that while justified text may appear more visually appealing, it can make word spacing more random and consequently more difficult to read.
Text wrapping and overflow
To achieve text wrapping, apply the .text-wrap class to the text.
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap – Text</title>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge”>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<link href=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js”></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class=”badge bg-warning text-wrap” style=”width: 8rem;”>
This sentence should be wrapped.
</div>
</body>
</html>
You can stop text from wrapping by using the .text-nowrap class.
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap – Text</title>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge”>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<link href=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js”></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class=”text-nowrap bg-body-secondary border” style=”width: 8rem;”>
This sentence should overflow the parent.
</div>
</body>
</html>
Word break
To avoid breaking your components layout with long strings of text, use .text-break to apply word-wrap: break-word and word-break: break-word.
To enhance browser compatibility, use word-wrap instead of overflow-wrap. Additionally, include the deprecated word-break: break-word to prevent problems with flex containers.
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap – Text</title>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge”>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<link href=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js”></script>
</head>
<body>
<p class=”text-break text-primary”>TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT</p>
</body>
</html>
Word breaking is not possible in Arabic, this is the most commonly used RTL language. The .text-break feature has been eliminated from our RTL compiled CSS
Text transform
Text capitalization classes can be used to convert text case in components.
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap – Text</title>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge”>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<link href=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js”></script>
</head>
<body>
<p class=”text-lowercase text-danger”>This is a lower case text.</p>
<p class=”text-uppercase text-info”> This is a upper case text.</p>
<p class=”text-capitalize text-warning”>This is a capitalized text.</p>
</body>
</html>
Note how does the .text-capitalize class modifies the initial letter of every word, without changing the case of other letters.
Font size
You can easily modify the font-size of text. Unlike heading classes (such as .h1–.h6) that include font-weight and line-height, these utilities focus only on font-size.
The size of these utilities matches HTML”s heading elements, with a decrease in size as the number increases.
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap – Text</title>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge”>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<link href=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js”></script>
</head>
<body>
<p class=”fs-1 text-info”>This is a text of .fs-1 font size.</p>
<p class=”fs-2 text-info”>This is a text of .fs-2 font size.</p>
<p class=”fs-3 text-info”>This is a text of .fs-3 font size.</p>
<p class=”fs-4 text-info”>This is a text of .fs-4 font size.</p>
<p class=”fs-5 text-info”>This is a text of .fs-5 font size.</p>
<p class=”fs-6 text-info”>This is a text of .fs-6 font size.</p>
</body>
</html>
Modify the $font-sizes Sass map to customize the available font sizes.
Font weight and italics
Use the below utilities to change font-weight or font-style of text:
font-weight utilities are abbreviated as .fw-*
font-style utilities are abbreviated as .fst-*
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<title>Bootstrap – Text</title>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=edge”>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<link href=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js”></script>
</head>
<body>
<p class=”fw-bold text-primary”>This is a bold text.</p>
<p class=”fw-bolder text-primary”>This is a bolder weight text (relative to the parent element).</p>
<p class=”fw-semibold text-primary”>This is a semibold weight text.</p>
<p class=”fw-medium text-secodary”>This is a medium weight text.</p>
<p class=”fw-normal text-secodary”>This is a normal weight text.</p>
<p class=”fw-light text-secodary”>This is a light weight text.</p>
<p class=”fw-lighter text-danger”>This is a lighter weight text (relative to the parent element).</p>
<p class=”fst-italic text-danger”>This is a italic text.</p>
<p class=”fst-normal text-danger”>This is a text with normal font style.</p>