Twitter Bootstrap Typography tutorial

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:33 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Introduction

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Twitter Bootstrap toolkit to create headings, paragraphs, lists and other inline elements.

Explanation

From line number 286 to line number 515 of bootstrap.css of Twitter Bootstrap Version 2.0 contains styles for Typography.

Example of Typography with Twitter Bootstrap

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>Example of Typography with twitter bootstrap</title> 
<meta name="description" content="Creating a Liquid Layout, Typography with Twitter Bootstrap"> 
<link href="/twitter-bootstrap/twitter-bootstrap-v2/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet"> 
</head>
<body>
<div class="container-fluid">
<h1>This is heading 1 / H1</h1>
<h2>This is heading 2 / H2</h2>
<h3>This is heading 3 / H3</h3>
<h4>This is heading 4 / H4</h4>
<h5>This is heading 5 / H6</h5>
<h6>This is heading 6 / H6</h6>
<p>This is text wrapped in paragraph. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
<p>This is an example of using <strong>Strong</strong> in text.</p>
<p>This is an example of using <em>emphasis</em> in text.</p>
<p>Headquarters of the <abbr title="United Nations">UN</abbr> is in Geneva, Austria.</p>
<!-- this is how address is used -->
<address>
        <strong>w3resource</strong><br>
        21 Ramkrishna Road<br>
        Burdwan, WB 713101<br>
</address>
<!-- this is how blockquote is used -->
<blockquote>
  <p>You can't say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.</p>
  <small>Statement titled "Principles" (c. 1950), quoted in Genius : The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (1992) by James Gleick</small>
</blockquote>
<h3>This is an unordered list</h3>
      <ul>
        <li>HTML5</li>
        <li>CSS3</li>
        <li>JavaScript</li>
        <li>PHP</li>
        <li>DataBases
          <ul>
            <li>MySQL</li>
            <li>POstgreSQL</li>
            <li>MS SQL Server</li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Tools and APIs</li>
        <li>JOSN</li>
        <li>C Language</li>
      </ul>
<h3>This is an unordered list but styles removed</h3>
      <ul class="unstyled">
        <li>HTML5</li>
        <li>CSS3</li>
        <li>JavaScript</li>
        <li>PHP</li>
        <li>DataBases
          <ul class="unstyled">
            <li>MySQL</li>
            <li>POstgreSQL</li>
            <li>MS SQL Server</li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Tools and APIs</li>
        <li>JOSN</li>
        <li>C Language</li>
      </ul>
	<h3>This is an ordered list</h3>
      <ol>
        <li>HTML5</li>
        <li>CSS3</li>
        <li>JavaScript</li>
        <li>PHP</li>
        <li>DataBases
          <ul class="unstyled">
            <li>MySQL</li>
            <li>PostgreSQL</li>
            <li>MS SQL Server</li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li>Tools and APIs</li>
        <li>JOSN</li>
        <li>C Language</li>
      </ol>
	<h3>Description list</h3>
      <dl>
        <dt>Ten years ago</dt>
        <dd>a crack commando unit was sent to prison</dd>
        <dt>by a military court </dt>
        <dd>for a crime they didn't commit.</dd>
        <dd>These men promptly escaped from.</dd>
        <dt>a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.</dt>
        <dd>Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</dd>
      </dl>
	  <h3>Horizontal Description list</h3>
      <dl class="dl-horizontal">
        <dt>Ten years ago</dt>
        <dd>a crack commando unit was sent to prison</dd>
        <dt>by a military court </dt>
        <dd>for a crime they didn't commit.</dd>
        <dd>These men promptly escaped from.</dd>
        <dt>a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.</dt>
        <dd>Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.</dd>
      </dl>
</div>
</body>
</html>

We have modified h1, h2, div.container-fluid div.sidebar, .content selectors of the default css.

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