Bootstrap’s Default Settings
Bootstrap’s global default font-size is 14px, with a line-height of 1.428.
This is applied to the <body> element and all paragraphs (<p>).
In addition, all <p> elements have a bottom margin that equals half their computed line-height (10px by default).
<small>
In Bootstrap the HTML <small> element is used to create a lighter, secondary text in any heading:
h1 heading secondary text
h2 heading secondary text
h3 heading secondary text
h4 heading secondary text
h5 heading secondary text
h6 heading secondary text
<mark>
Bootstrap will style the HTML <mark> element in the following way:
Eg: Use the mark element to ==highlight== text.
<pre>
Bootstrap will style the HTML <pre> element in the following way:
Text in a pre element
is displayed in a fixed-width
font, and it preserves
both spaces and
line breaks.
Contextual Colours and Backgrounds
Bootstrap also has some contextual classes that can be used to provide “meaning through colours”.
The classes for text colours are:.text-muted, .text-primary, .text-success, .text-info, .text-warning, and .text-danger
- The classes for background colours are:
.bg-primary,.bg-success,.bg-info,.bg-warning, and.bg-danger
More Typography Classes
The Bootstrap classes below can be added to style HTML elements further:
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
.lead |
Makes a paragraph stand out |
.small |
Indicates smaller text (set to 85% of the size of the parent) |
.text-left |
Indicates left-aligned text |
.text-center |
Indicates center-aligned text |
.text-right |
Indicates right-aligned text |
.text-justify |
Indicates justified text |
.text-nowrap |
Indicates no wrap text |
.text-lowercase |
Indicates lowercased text |
.text-uppercase |
Indicates uppercased text |
.text-capitalize |
Indicates capitalized text |
.initialism |
Displays the text inside an <abbr> element in a slightly smaller font size |
.list-unstyled |
Removes the default list-style and left margin on list items (works on both <ul> and <ol>). This class only applies to immediate children list items (to remove the default list-style from any nested lists, apply this class to any nested lists as well) |
.list-inline |
Places all list items on a single line |
.dl-horizontal |
Lines up the terms (<dt>) and descriptions (<dd>) in <dl> elements side-by-side. Starts off like default <dl>s, but when the browser window expands, it will line up side-by-side |
.pre-scrollable |
Makes a <pre> element scrollable |