Bootstrap 3 Typography
Bootstrap includes styles that define how text elements appear.
This page shows how certain text elements are rendered when using Bootstrap (often without using any classes). Generally, any page that links to the Bootstrap 3 style sheet will render these elements in the same way (unless overridden by other styles).
Body Text
Bootstrap's global default font-size is 14px and its line-height is 1.42857143. This is applied to the <body> element and all paragraphs.
The default font-family is "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif.
Also, <p> elements have a bottom margin of half their computed line-height (10px by default).
As with any other element, you are completely free to change any of these values.
Headings
Headings have a font weight of 500, a line height of 1.1, and they inherit the font family and color. Headings also have some top and bottom margins applied.
Heading Classes
Bootstrap also includes heading classes from .h1 to .h6 in case you need to render some inline text in the style of a particular heading.
Sub-Headings
You can create a sub-heading or secondary text by placing text inside a <small> element within the heading.
Marked Text
The HTML <mark> element represents text as marked or highlighted for reference purposes, due to its relevance in another context.
Here's an example of Bootstrap's rendering of this element:
Text Alignment
Bootstrap includes classes created specifically for the purpose of text alignment.
Text Transformation Classes
Bootstrap includes classes created specifically for text transformation purposes.
Abbreviations
In HTML, the <abbr> represents an abbreviation or acronym. The title attribute can be used to provide an expansion of the abbreviation.
In Bootstrap, abbreviations with a title attribute are rendered with a light dotted bottom border and a help cursor on hover.
Initialism
You can add the Bootstrap .initialism class to render the abbreviation in a slightly smaller font size.
Blockquotes
Blockquotes — Default
In Bootstrap, the <blockquote> element is rendered as follows:
Blockquotes — Source
Bootstrap renders the <cite> and <footer> elements nested inside the <blockquote> element like this:
Blockquotes — Reverse
You can use the Bootstrap .blockquote-reverse class to right-align the blockquote:
Lists
Bootstrap applies various styles and has a number of classes specifically for lists.
Lists — Unstyled
You can use the Bootstrap .list-unstyled class to render lists without their default list-style and left-margin:
Lists — Inline
You can use the Bootstrap .list-inline class to render lists as display: inline-block and to apply some padding:
Description Lists
In Bootstrap, description lists are rendered like this:
Description Lists — Horizontal
You can make the terms and descriptions line up horizontally by adding Bootstrap's dl-horizontal class.
Note that this only works when the viewport is wider. If you don't see any difference between how this example is displayed and the previous one, you can open the preview in a new window. If it still doesn't appear any different, you may need to use a larger device to view this example.
Code
In Bootstrap, the <code> element is rendered like this:
Keyboard Input
In Bootstrap, the <kbd> element is rendered like this:
Preformatted Text
In Bootstrap, the <pre> element is rendered like this:
You can also add Bootstrap's .pre-scrollable class to set a max-height to 350 pixels and set a y-axis scrollbar.
Sample Text
In Bootstrap, the <samp> element is rendered like this:
Variables
In Bootstrap, the <var> element is rendered like this: